...I think a better term would be "mosaic novel". When I hear the term "collection", I assume that the stories contained have little to do with each other, besides maybe the odd reference, like Andy Dufresne having done accounting for Kurt Dussander.
This book, though, you pretty much need to read all the stories together. They might jump through time, shift focus and introduce new characters, but they're part of a whole, not just a collection of stories that can be read in any old order, maybe even just reading one or two and not the others. They won't make sense that way.
Am I wrong? Should this be counted among his novels, and not his collections?
This book, though, you pretty much need to read all the stories together. They might jump through time, shift focus and introduce new characters, but they're part of a whole, not just a collection of stories that can be read in any old order, maybe even just reading one or two and not the others. They won't make sense that way.
Am I wrong? Should this be counted among his novels, and not his collections?