The Long Form
Helen and her young baby, Rose, are awake. They move, they rest, they communicate; Rose feeds. It is first thing on a new morning. Their delicate balance is interrupted by the delivery of A History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding - a novel which describes itself, semi-seriously, a… Celý popis ↓
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The Long Form
Helen and her young baby, Rose, are awake. They move, they rest, they communicate; Rose feeds. It is first thing on a new morning.
Their delicate balance is interrupted by the delivery of A History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding - a novel which describes itself, semi-seriously, as inventing the novel-form for the very first time. Thoughts and associations travel far beyond the remit of the front room in their rented flat, which they pace, and which, alive with them, continually becomes new. As the morning progresses, Helen starts reading it.
Indirectly, and each in their own distinct ways, Helen and Rose start thinking about it: its claims to newness, its length, its essayistic digressions, its invitation to imagine old and new forms of life, writing, and experience.The Long Form, Windham Campbell Prize-winner Kate Briggs' long-awaited debut fiction, unmakes
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