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Novels like letters

April 25, 2010

“A novel, like a letter, should be loose, cover much ground, run swiftly, take risk of mortality and decay.”

— Saul Bellow, letter to Bernard Malamud (1953)

Filed Under: Books, Writing Tagged With: quotes for writers, Saul Bellow

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