M. A. Orthofer

Broschiertes Buch

The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction

Beschreibung

For more than a decade, the Complete Review has been an essential site for readers interested in learning about new books in translation and developments in global literature. Expanding upon the site's content, this wide-ranging yet user-friendly resource is the perfect guide for English-language readers eager to explore 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 reference provides a fascinating portal into the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge works in China to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels

Autor

M. A. Orthofer

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9780231146753
• ISBN-10: 0231146752
• Artikelnr.: 43747173

Rezensionen

We live in an age of paradoxes: The global internet allows us to communicate with each other on a level unknown to mankind a few decades before. On the other hand there are more than 6000 different languages on this planet 6000 barriers to mutual understanding. Although English has become the lingua franca in science, we know very little about the cultural self-interpretation of these numerous language-groups. One of the traditional and proven vessels of cultural self-identification is fictional literature. M.A. Orthofer's "Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction" opens a welcome window to the wide literary world for all readers of English, who depend on the efforts of translators. His guide will encourage its readers to venture abroad while reading - staying at home or in a library." - Michael Naumann, Director of the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, former comissioner of culture of Germany, and founder of Metropolitan Books in New York.