Was it published only for his lit credentials? Did you enjoy

>>8608288
Get a nose job desu

>>8608293
>ignores the goatee

>And would the likes of it be published again?

In newspaper maybe, but it gets repetitive and boring when you put it all together.

>>8608288
It might have only been published for his credentials, but it's good shit.
Renata Adler's Speedboat is the same sort of short, self-contained stories, but not as short as the faits-divers.

>>8608339
Introduction was more interesting desu

>>8608341
Will pick up. Thanks

>>8608288
Tbqh I haven't even read it but I think it's good that these kinds of experimental books get published so maybe we start getting some more OuLiPo translations and new books influenced by those works.

>>8608356
Definitely read it, man. Its obviously an easy and quick read and its funny too in a dark way.

Plus the intro on the authors life is pretty fascinating.

Microfiction is based as long as it's not redditors trying their grubby hands at the five-word story.
I think there's an appetite for microfiction still around. It may be from the novelty of it but it is there. After Robert Walser went insane I think he wrote microfiction. Lydia Davis has some prominent microfictions. I think if there's writing that is executed well it will find its fans, wherever they are.

>>8609619
This is encouraging to hear, man.

Do you think an online / Amazon publication would be best, as a collection, you think? I can see how releasing it partially online would work to boost interest but I'm paranoid for theft.

I liked it at first but it got pretty tiresome to read after a while. And a lot of his "novels" fell pretty flat. Maybe the lyricism is more pronounced in French.

"Winseburg, Ohio" might be up your alley, basically a prototype for this sort of thing

>>8610634
Thanks for the rec, man

>>8609823

A lot of writers on Twitter have done things like that. There are tons of microfiction Twitter accounts that try to tell stories in 140 characters or less.

If you have a Twitter and you want to see what microfiction in that medium looks like, check out these guys

Arjun Basu (@arjunbasu)
Tiny Science Fiction (@s______w______s
Uel Aramchek (@ThePatanoiac)
T.R. Darling (@QuietPineTrees)
Specialis Spookcult (@TheDoorTHEDOOR)
James A. Reeves (@MrJamesReeves)
deer squid god (@ctrlcreep)
カザリ (@codisellis)
Operators Manual (@manual_txt)

>>8611120
Are tweets owned by the user or Twitter? If someone wanted to release these..

Post examples of his microfiction?

>>8611538
Twitter @novelsin3lines is a good selection of them

>>8611668
Just post one

>>8611677
I havent got the book closeby at present. That twitter seems to be the book - just in an odd order.

>>8611527

It's complicated. Mira Gonzales released a book of her tweets, I'm assuming Twitter gets royalties or some other form of compensation.

>>8611916
Saying that i dont see why you'd buy a book of something you could view for free