Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logica... - Joyce Carol Oates, The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982

"Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency,"or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth of life is its mystery."

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