Novelists once looked to the great authors of the past for inspiration. Not any more. Books imitate movies nowadays. Face it, Tarantino has more influence on the contemporary novel than Bellow or Updike. Students in writing programs are more likely to check out the brothers Coen than The Brothers Karamazov. And when young writers use the word epic, they…
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