--- John Gardner, in The Art of Fiction, quoted by Piet Croucamp in Die subversiewe J.M. Coetzee + niemandsland + die veldsoirée in Nxuba, Binne+Land, May 2026
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Die Amerikaanse romanskrywer John Gardner, in sy boek The Art of Fiction, bepeins dieselfde vrae as waaroor ek dit hier het en kom tot die slotsom dat alle intriges tot twee argetipes gereduseer kan word: "As subject, use either a trip or the arrival of a stranger (some disruption of order, the usual novel beginning)." In een of ander volksmond is dié wenk later aan Leo Tolstoy toegeskryf en herverpak tot: "All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town."
