The Weight of the Small: Why Short Books Deserve Our Full Attention

There is a quiet prejudice in literary culture, one that mistakes length for importance. A short book—under 150 pages, sometimes under 100—often arrives wrapped in a faint apology. Reviewers call it a “slender volume.” Readers admit they finished it in a single sitting, as if speed were a flaw. Publishers, especially in translation, occasionally pad … Continue reading "The Weight of the Small: Why…