The advantage of a novel with a well-defined dramatic arc, even if the succession of events, being exaggeratedly cohesive, borders on artificiality, is that it keeps the sense of the whole alive and intense in the reader’s mind, something that, in short, sustains his interest. On the other hand, novels that are, say, more “natural”, that reflect the natural futility of the characters and the natural triviality of their lives and concerns, quickly become tedious and, even if they appear less forced, often they do not resist the constant temptation to close them.