>slaps together historical documents written by other people

>>9111321

it mirrors the cacophony that is the voice of the ghosts which itself mirrors a greek chorus.

>>9111321
>carefully pieces together different historical documents
>also writes original content
>calls it his new novel
>I buy it
>it's good
I don't see the problem.

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>>9111327

is he trying to be david markson or is it not like that?

Now he's in the running for the Nobel Prize.

>>9111369

markson is his own kind of beast, and ive only been exposed to wm and rb, which take an aphoristic style.

if thats what youre referring to here, no, saunders doesnt do that but he also didnt write a conventional novel, which is to be expected from the guy.

Very excited for this.

>>9111379
hes prob referring to markson's late novels, which are collections of anecdotes about artists

>>9111321
>>slaps together memes and copypasta written by other people
>>calls it his own shitpost

Also, Voices from Chernobyl and Eichmann in Jerusalem shows that plagiarism done right can be fantastic.

>>9111556
Plagiarism Done Right is the title of my novel.

>>9111568
>collect tons of 9/11 eyewitnesses and survivors statements in the public arena
>edit together with the main character as a roving reporter or writer
>win pulitzer
>do the same for balkan wars, fall of berlin wall, Tienanmen square etc from the comfyness of the internet.
>Win Nobel

Ya, he took many testimonies from the incorporeal community.
Don't be a dunce, Calvin.
I'm not sure how Saunders made a book that sounds so interesting on the dust jacket so dull, but he accomplishes that marvelously.

Holy shit Saunders wrote a novel?