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199 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
come to my blog!the reader closes the book. the first sentence, the first paragraph, the first page. the possibilities are immense, as ever. everything still has to fan out, gradually, as the paths at the beginning fade until finally (that is, on the final page) only one remains, that is generally predictable. will the writer keep us entranced to the last page? won't there ever be a time, from here to the fifth, eighteenth, or one-hundred-and-sixty-seventh page when his spell will be broken.
"The reader closes the book. The first sentence, the first paragraph, the first page. The possibilities are immense, as ever. Everything still has to fan out, gradually, as the paths at the beginning fade until finally (that is, on the final page) only one remains, that is generally predictable.
Will the writer keep us entranced to the last page? Won’t there ever be a time, from here to the fifth, eighteenth, or one-hundred-and-sixty-seventh page when his spell will be broken? But a narrative is never as good as the possibilities that fan out at the beginning. "