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Novel Thoughts: The Island of Missing Trees (and a problem for contemporary novels).
In this week's blog, an extended essay in response to James Marriott's take on the contemporary novel. Times columnist James Marriot is...
David Savill
Dec 15, 20239 min read


Novel Thoughts - Klara and The Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber and Faber, 2021)
Every year I teach a class in children's fiction. The most difficult reads for my students to enjoy are a particular ‘middle grade’ of...
David Savill
Jul 16, 20224 min read


Novel Thoughts - Natasha Brown, Assembly (Penguin 2022)
Elsewhere in this blog I have asserted with the (false?) confidence of a creative writing teacher, that a novel can be defined as nothing...
David Savill
Jun 26, 20224 min read


Novel Thoughts - Antonio Tabbucchi, Requiem: an hallucination (Penguin 1994)
It is nearly always dull to hear other people’s dreams recounted, partly, because in dreams there are no dramatic stakes. Whatever...
David Savill
Jun 19, 20223 min read


Novel Thoughts: Sandro Veronesi - The Hummingbird (W&N 2022)
If I was asked to demonstrate the potential of the novel to someone who has never read one before, I might suggest The Hummingbird. This...
David Savill
Jun 7, 20222 min read


Novel Thoughts: Antal Szerb - Journey By Moonlight (1937, Pushkin Press 2001)
Novel thoughts is a blog of my immediate reactions to reading a novel. This is not a critical review or recommendation, but the first...
David Savill
May 29, 20223 min read
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