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In Kevin Huizenga<\/a>\u2019s new book, <\/em>Gloriana<\/a>, the character Glenn Ganges describes a magnificent sunset witnessed from his carrel at the library\u2014or rather, he begins to tell the story, and then he begins again and again and again. With each successive retelling, Glenn\u2019s perspective becomes increasingly abstract and frenetic\u2014focusing now on shelves of books, now on a patron\u2019s feet, now on a book flopping open\u2014until the tale explodes. The story loses its temporal thread; objects and figures reject the panels\u2019 prescriptive limits. The result is a panoptic narrative, in which not just actions but also thoughts and impressions occur at once. That page, originally a fold-out in <\/em>Supermonster no. 14, is reproduced here.<\/em><\/p>\n

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