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Thursday, March 6, 2008 12:00 AM

The man who ruined the novel

Alain Robbe-Grillet turned the masses against inventive fiction. Now that he's dead, will experimental writing make a comeback?
By Stephen Marche

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  • Wednesday, March 5, 2008 07:19 PM

    Go West, Young Experimental Novelist!

    This article doesn't mention Richard Brautigan, but in my opinion, several of his experimental novels were/are classics. My favorite Brautigan novel is Confederate General at Big Sur.

    Another, much more current experimental writer I'd like to tout (also from the West Coast) is Denis Johnson. His novel Already Dead is wonderfully-written, from beginning to end.

    —moishe Read moishe's other letters

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