He goes on with the issue for quite a while, but I somehow don't feel I
understand quite what he means. Is this the question of discource time/story
time (dis)proportion? Or is there some other idea behind? He does compare
Tolstoy with Proust and Joyce... but it seems to be something different...

Has this point been discussed in literature? And does any one have any
thoughts on that?

Thanks and all the best,
Irena