Re: JCO: Re: Black Water

I've always considered Black Water a novella.

Jane

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Couzens" <gjcouzens@btinternet.com>
To: <jco@usfca.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: JCO: Re: Black Water

> Completely off topic, and maybe a little pedantic, but I wonder why
> Black Water is usually listed as one of JCO's novels rather than one
> of her book-length novellas (e.g. Triumph of the Spider Monkey,
> Beasts, First Love, Rape: A Love Story)? It's no longer than they are
> (about 30,000 words or so, by my estimate) which makes it a novella to
> my eyes.
>
> Gary
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