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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Varyk@sh.itjust.works to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Everything takes place over a few hours, or entirely set during the immediate aftermath of an automobile crash, for example?

I'd like to avoid "and it was all a dream", time travel, or similar plot devices if possible.

I'm curious what a novel of any length purposely confined to a strict time window in-story reads like.

Maybe I should be reading more plays.

Thanks.

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[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine - basically takes place over the course of a lunch break - with a few footnotes and digressions.

OK, a LOT of footnotes and digressions. But, still, a lunch break.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Great, thanks