7 Books That Break the Confines of Plot - Electric Literature

7 Books That Break the Confines of Plot - Electric Literature

I am always suspicious when novels are described as “plotless.” I am not suspicious of the novels themselves, but rather the people who use the word. My suspicion, I suppose, stems from the novels in question being described apophatically—in terms of what they aren’t. It always seems to be a negatory framing of a novel to say it “has no plot.” What does it have? On more than one occasion I have seen the word used derisively, as though “plotlessn…