"There are only a few narrative novelists capable of writing the same book while ensuring each title remains pure enjoyment." Fun idea prompt. Georges Simenon is probably the supreme example, but also off the top of my head: Javier Marias, Frederic Tuten, Magda Szabo, Natsume Soseki, William Gibson, Georges Perec... I wonder if genre fiction, like crime/noir, or humor, is better suited to that kind consistency. And maybe it's more common for non-fiction (John McPhee being the Simenon corollary).
I relate to this as a composer. My most creative ideas come from doubt and in that doubt are the echoes of past efforts that keep some sense of the me that is me. Thanks Tosh
Thank you Tosh! I only just saw this now. I am properly chuffed.
"There are only a few narrative novelists capable of writing the same book while ensuring each title remains pure enjoyment." Fun idea prompt. Georges Simenon is probably the supreme example, but also off the top of my head: Javier Marias, Frederic Tuten, Magda Szabo, Natsume Soseki, William Gibson, Georges Perec... I wonder if genre fiction, like crime/noir, or humor, is better suited to that kind consistency. And maybe it's more common for non-fiction (John McPhee being the Simenon corollary).
I relate to this as a composer. My most creative ideas come from doubt and in that doubt are the echoes of past efforts that keep some sense of the me that is me. Thanks Tosh