esquire.com • 26 juli, 2023 The Life, Death — And Afterlife — of Literary Fiction

Those of you who are reading this essay, let me ask you, right away—is your smart phone next to you? Or is it in your hand? Are you reading this on your phone, swiping up the paragraphs, swipe, swipe, swipe, wondering how far you're going to have to swipe to actually finish this thing? (Just so you know, it’s gonna take a lot of swiping.) Or are you reading on your computer screen, as I've been writing this on mine? I happen to know you’re not reading this in a print magazine. Ha! And ouch!

Probeer nog maar eens een lang stuk tekst te lezen tegenwoordig zonder afgeleid te worden.