Utter objectivity...is not only impossible when judging literature, it's not exactly desirable. Fiction involves trace elements of magic; it works for reasons we can explain and also for reasons we can't. If novels or short-story collections could be weighed strictly in terms of their components {fully developed characters, ; original voice, ; solidly crafted structure, ; serious theme, } they might satisfy, but they would fail to enchant. A great work of fiction involves a certai
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