{"id":7501,"date":"2007-02-23T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T11:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T04:37:56","slug":"amitava-kumar-on-napkin-fiction-by-esquire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/amitava-kumar-on-napkin-fiction-by-esquire\/","title":{"rendered":"The joys of Napkin Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bookdetails\">\n<div id=\"bookimage\">\n<span class=\"wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/uploads\/images\/napkin-0207-460x460_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bookmaininfo\">\n<p class=\"booktitle\"><strong>Title: <\/strong>The Napkin Fiction Project <\/p>\n<p class=\"bookauthor\"><strong>By:<\/strong> Esquire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <!-- bookmaininfo --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- bookdetails --><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re forever being told that the short-story is the contemporary form. We no longer have the time to read a novel. Well, who has the time to read a short-story? That is why I like the idea of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/fiction\/napkin-fiction\/napkinproject\" title=\"Napkin Fiction\">Napkin Fiction<\/a>.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"more\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advantages: 1. You don&#8217;t have to read fifty, or even five, pages to find out whether you&#8217;re going to like this or not. 2. It&#8217;s a challenging form. 3. A review can be longer than its subject. Disadvantages: 1. The form risks giving respectability to a premature ejaculation. 2. Gimmicky last lines make O Henrys of otherwise fine writers. 3. A review can be longer than its subject.<\/p>\n<p>But this is a rave-out and that is why I absolutely recommend Jonathan Ames to you. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/fiction\/ESQ0207OldMan\" title=\"Jonathan Ames - Old Man, Young Girl\">his contribution<\/a> to the project. No great shakes but I think I could read him again. Understand, there is no love, but I haven&#8217;t loved anyone in a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The Napkin Fiction Project By: Esquire You&#8217;re forever being told that the short-story is the contemporary form. We no longer have the time to read a novel. 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