'novel' strikes again

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 29, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Last time we looked, it meant any book of narrative prose - or at least a
> book.
> 
> But now....
> 
> Amazon advertises John Steinbeck's nonfiction wartime account _Bomber Crew_
> as,
> 
> "A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report
> from one of America's great twentieth-century writers."
> 
> (That's Amazon talking, not a semi-literate "reviewer.")
> 
> The "novels" are chapters.
> 
> Coming soon: "novel" = 'short poem.'
> 
> Or is it here already?

no, those are novellas

LH

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