http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/praise_novel_3182.jsp Comments for "In praise of the novel, Carlos Fuentes " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/praise_novel_3182.jsp <p> Not long ago, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters addressed one hundred writers from all over the world with a single question: name the novel that you consider the best ever written. </p> <p> Of the one hundred consulted, fifty answered: <em>Don Quixote de la Mancha</em> by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. </p> <p> Quite a landslide, considering the runners up: Dostoevsky, Faulkner and García Márquez, in that order. </p> <p> The results of this consultation pose the interesting question of the long-seller versus the best-seller. There is, of course, no answer that fits all cases: why does a best-seller sell, why does a long-seller last? </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/praise_novel_3182.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/praise_novel_3182.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/praise_novel_3182.jsp#comment arts &amp; cultures Carlos Fuentes Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin 2005 literature Original Copyright the americas Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 3182 at http://www.opendemocracy.net