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What's a good book that unfolds over a short time in-story? No spoilers, thanks. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Everything takes place over a few hours, or entirely set during the immediate aftermath of an automobile crash, for example?

I'd like to avoid "and it was all a dream", time travel, or similar plot devices if possible.

I'm curious what a novel of any length purposely confined to a strict time window in-story reads like.

Maybe I should be reading more plays.

Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Try the classical Greek tragedies—one of the requirements of the genre is that the action is supposed to take place in less than a day (Aristotle’s “unity of time”).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'll look into the unity of time, thanks