You can declare at the very start that it's impossible to write a novel nowadays, but then, behind your back, so to speak, give birth to a whopper, a novel to end all novels.
The Tin Drum (1959),bk. I, The Wide Skirt
You can declare at the very start that it's impossible to write a novel nowadays, but then, behind your back, so to speak, give birth to a whopper, a novel to end all novels.
The Tin Drum (1959),bk. I, The Wide Skirt