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.

  • hybrid havoc@darkfriend.social
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    9 months ago

    @Varyk How short a time are we talking?

    This one might be a bit of a cheat, but: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Technically everything happens within a day.

    • VarykOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      A day is good, and I love that title.

      I didn’t have a hard and fast timeline going in deliberately, i’m more interested in all of your recommendations.

      I’ll definitely be looking into that, thanks.