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Since I'm working on a short novel right now (well, two short novels), I was pleased to see someone rise to their defense. Specifically, a Bookslut review of César Aira's The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira isn't really about that specific book as much as short books in general.

The reviewer sees long books, which he doesn't pin down to a concrete measurement but let's just say they're anything above 500 pages, as either overpopulated, overwritten perversions of Dostoevsky or "endless, sentimental,...