The Future of the Novel

“This book is a thoughtful and meticulous consideration of what the novel was, is, and could yet be. There is something to learn, something to contend, and something to illuminate on every page.” – C.D. Rose, author of Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea

“A bracing, positive read, it’s recommended even – perhaps especially – to those whose own literary tastes tend to be more conventional.” – The Guardian

“Provocative, incisive, intimate, and deeply learned.” – Adam Ehlich Sachs, author of The Organs of Sense

“Simon Okotie considers the future of the novel by first exploring its past, and dives deep into the theory and practice of fiction since Woolf, Joyce and their modernist contemporaries. In this thoughtful and wide-ranging survey his erudition is very impressive, though lightly-worn. If you have skin in the game as a writer or reader, you really need to read this book. It taught me a lot.” – David Collard, author of Multiple Joyce: 100 Short Essays About James Joyce’s Cultural Legacy

Simon Okotie is a fiction writer and essayist. He is the author of Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon?, In the Absence of Absalon, and After Absalon, an acclaimed trilogy of novels published by Salt. He lives in London.

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