Countless modern writers have been influenced by Anton Chekhov's short stories and plays, which renounce plot-based structure, concentrating instead on the quasiabstract sketching of character and mood.

WSJ: The Seductive Lure of Abstraction | Sightings by Terry Teachout

It zooms past plot holes, but its ramshackle structure is engaging.

NEWYORKER: In Time

The novel's structure, which follows the seasons over the course of a year, is not driven by a linear sense of plot.

ECONOMIST: New Irish fiction