Prognosis for the Novel,East and West

Form and content in art are an all-absorbing subject for discussion among Soviet artists who like all artists everywhere are trying to formulate their thinking and apply it to their work. For the writers the central problem is the novel in its various aspects. M. Kuznetzov, a ranking member of the Soviet Writers' Union, makes the following contribution both as writer and as critic. "Paths of Development of the Modern Novel," Novyi Mir, 1960, No. 2—abridged.]