Are there any reverse novels in Esperanto?
od mkj1887, 7. novembra 2016
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mkj1887 (Zobraziť profil) 7. novembra 2016 18:07:35
edit: Can you read a normal novel in reverse without spoiling the suspense? No. The achievement of a reverse novel is that you can read it in the intended reverse order without spoiling the suspense. To take the example given, “The October List” is suspenseful in its backward telling, but is banal in its forward telling. So: a reverse novel is much more than a normal novel written in reverse: the tension of the suspense also gets flipped into reverse.
Vestitor (Zobraziť profil) 9. novembra 2016 19:28:03
bryku (Zobraziť profil) 10. novembra 2016 6:24:43
Vestitor:Is it different than just reading any book backwards?Think I, yes.
Vestitor (Zobraziť profil) 10. novembra 2016 9:33:36
bryku:Ah ha! I see what you did there. Though I did mean reading the order of chapters in reverse.Vestitor:Is it different than just reading any book backwards?Think I, yes.