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thelican in academics_anon

Temporally non-linear narratives

Apr 03, 2010 22:34

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benbenberi April 4 2010, 03:37:40 UTC

The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) does a lot of that. Very non-linear and tense-shifty.

smithkingsley April 4 2010, 05:37:37 UTC

Just re-reading In the Skin of a Lion, and it does the same.

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thelican April 4 2010, 04:00:40 UTC

Cool. Thank you. Someone I know just suggested Life: a User's Manual.

yasminke April 4 2010, 03:46:01 UTC

Everything is Illuminated?

floyd_mephit April 4 2010, 04:03:16 UTC

It's been a long time since I read the book but if I remember correctly, Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh has constant switching between two or three tenses through the entire novel. Maybe not as celebrated as you may be looking for, though.

labellementeuse April 4 2010, 04:07:59 UTC

I don't own this so you'd have to check, but I think The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton might do.