The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction write by M.A. Orthofer. This book was released on 2016-04-19. The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A user-friendly reference for English-language readers who are eager to explore contemporary fiction from around the world. Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this guide introduces the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge Chinese works to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels. The book's critical selection of titles defines the arc of a country's literary development. Entries illuminate the fiction of individual nations, cultures, and peoples, while concise biographies sketch the careers of noteworthy authors. Compiled by M. A. Orthofer, an avid book reviewer and the founder of the literary review site the Complete Review, this reference is perfect for readers who wish to expand their reading choices and knowledge of contemporary world fiction. “A bird's-eye view of titles and authors from everywhere―a book overfull with reminders of why we love to read international fiction. Keep it close by.”—Robert Con Davis-Udiano, executive director, World Literature Today “M. A. Orthofer has done more to bring literature in translation to America than perhaps any other individual. [This book] will introduce more new worlds to you than any other book on the market.”—Tyler Cowen, George Mason University “A relaxed, riverine guide through the main currents of international writing, with sections for more than a hundred countries on six continents.”—Karan Mahajan, Page-Turner blog, The New Yorker
Contemporary World Fiction
Contemporary World Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary World Fiction write by Juris Dilevko. This book was released on 2011-03-17. Contemporary World Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What people in North America learn about other cultures and countries is often filtered through Western perspectives and sensibilities. One way to get beyond that sometimes-one-dimensional view is to sample stories of other countries and cultures as told by people who live in those lands and speak their languages.
The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature
The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature write by John Sturrock. This book was released on 1997. The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. opinion, the Guide offers a discriminating - and sometimes controversial - view of a broad range of contemporary literatures.
The New Midwest
The New Midwest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The New Midwest write by Mark Athitakis. This book was released on 2017-02-06. The New Midwest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the public imagination, Midwestern literature has not evolved far beyond heartland laborers and hardscrabble immigrants of a century past. But as the region has changed, so, in many ways, has its fiction. In this book, the author explores how shifts in work, class, place, race, and culture has been reflected or ignored by novelists and short story writers. From Marilynne Robinson to Leon Forrest, Toni Morrison to Aleksandar Hemon, Bonnie Jo Campbell to Stewart O'Nan this book is a call to rethink the way we conceive Midwestern fiction, and one that is sure to prompt some new must-have additions to every reading list.
The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors
The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors write by Laura Miller. This book was released on 2000. The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "An all-original, A-to-Z guide to 225 of the most fascinating writers of our time, penned by an international cast of talented young critics and reviewers."--Cover.
