The Great [$location adjective] Novel, and a lot about women and Greatness

supergee linked to LeGuin vs. "The Great American Novel".

This reminded me that I'd posted about The Great World Novel, and Jo Walton picked the topic up at Tor.com.

A bit I like from Mohsin Hamid:

“Gatsby’s” beauty, “Blood Meridian’s” beauty, “Beloved’s” beauty don’t lie in their capturing something quintessentially American, for there is no such thing.