The Resilience of the Novel
“The media predicted the death of the book upon the advent of radio, and then again with film, and then again with television. It’s happening once more with the rise of the computer and the Internet. It’s possible that this time things are different. Anything’s possible. But based solely on literature’s perseverance throughout the last century, I’m optimistic about literature’s survival.”
JK Evanczuk over at Lit Drift responds to in Philip Roth’s recent claim that the novel will be a “cult minority” in 25 years: “5 Reasons Why the Novel Is Not A Dying Medium.”
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