The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

与其说小说是一种文学体裁，不如说它是一个文学空间，就像被许多河流填满的大海。

-- Jose Saramago 萨拉马戈