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title: "4 Genre Literary Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-novel-is-not-so-much-a-literary-genre-but-a-literary-space-like-a/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

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> [I think the novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-think-the-novel-is-not-so-much-a-literary-genre-but-a-literary/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/jos-saramago-208_books_i-think-the-novel-is-not-so-much-a-liter_1414458.png)

> [ \[Michael\] Chabon, who is himself a brash and playful and ebullient genre-bender, writes about how our idea of what constitutes literary fiction… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-barton/michael-chabon-who-is-himself-a-brash-and-playful-and-ebullient-genre/)

[Emily Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-barton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/emily-barton-18422_all-kinds_michael-chabon-who-is-himself-a-brash-an_1676238.jpg)

> [I hate to see great works of literature ghettoized, whereas others that conform to the rules, conventions, and procedures of the genre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/i-hate-to-see-great-works-of-literature-ghettoized-whereas-others/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/michael-chabon-627_book_i-hate-to-see-great-works-of-literature_2637145.png)

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