The Long Quiet (novel)1971
The Long Quiet (novel)
The novel the 1974 film adapted; sparser and crueler.
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Apple, Salt, Mirror
About this entry
The novel the 1974 film adapted; sparser and crueler. The editors’ note placed it here on the basis of three criteria: durability across re-reads (or re-watches, or re-plays), influence on the entries that came after it, and the degree to which it could only have been made by the person — or team — who made it.
In the comparative table maintained by the Books desk, The Long Quiet (novel) sits within a band of 1 – 4 that contains some of the most contested swaps of the year. Editors vote with arguments; a swap requires three editors and one written defense.