Romances > novels
>>25201362It's the same thing.
if moby dick is romance then so is ulysses
>>25201362Romance is just elevated pulpNovels are just watered down philosophy
>>25201362I’m sick of lists of books. Reading lists, top tens, flowcharts, curriculums, canons, counter-canons, the lot. Pathetic activity. Someone could write out the name of every single book I really love, ranked impeccably, with no omissions and no interpolations, and I’d spit cold venom in their face. I think the only way to read with dignity is to read organically, genealogically, backwards, by touch. Not running down a list, but excavating, following the seams where words bleed into each other.
Memoirs >>>