| Toward the Geopolitical Novel: U.S. Fiction in the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Irr, Caren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231164408 ISBN-13: 9780231164405 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 21st Century - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 813.009 |
| LCCN: 2013027558 |
| Series: Literature Now |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Caren Irr's survey of more than 125 novels outlines the dramatic resurgence of the American political novel in the twenty-first century. She explores the writings of Chris Abani, Susan Choi, Edwidge Danticat, Junot D az, Dave Eggers, Jeffrey Eugenides, Aleksandar Hemon, Hari Kunzru, Dinaw Mengestu, Norman Rush, Gary Shteyngart, and others as they rethink stories of migration, the Peace Corps, nationalism and neoliberalism, revolution, and the expatriate experience. Taken together, these innovations define a new literary form: the geopolitical novel. More cosmopolitan and socially critical than domestic realism, the geopolitical novel provides new ways of understanding crucial political concepts to meet the needs of a new century. |