'It is scarcely any longer possible to tell a straight story sequentially unfolding in time. And this is because we are all too aware of what is continually traversing the story-line laterally. That is to say, instead of being aware of point as an infinitely small part of a straight line, we are aware of it as an infinitely small part of an infinite number of lines, as the centre of a star of lines. Such awareness is the result of our constantly having to take into account the simultaneity and extension of events and possibilities.'
John Berger.
ReadySteadyBlog wonders whether a better novel than G. has won the Booker prize. I think not. Nor has a better acceptance speech been made (sorry, couldn't find the whole thing online).