This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, André Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. Newman explores topics such as the first American bestseller with a Muslim protagonist, the links between writer and terrorist, the work of Iranian-Jewish Americans, and the relation of race and religion to Utopian thought.
This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, André Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. Newman explores topics such as the first American bestseller with a Muslim protagonist, the links between writer and terrorist, the work of Iranian-Jewish Americans, and the relation of race and religion to Utopian thought.
Judie Newman is Professor of American Studies at The University of Nottingham, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Rotten with perfection: Kim Edwards The Secrets of a Fire King. 3.Fiction and the Unabomber: Susan Choi A Person of Interest. 4.Blowback: André Dubus III House of Sand and Fog. 5. Falling Woman: André Dubus III The Garden of Last Days 6. Pictures from a Revolution: Dalia Sofer The Septembers of Shiraz 7.Updike's Many Worlds: Local and Global in Toward the End of Time. 8.The Black Atlantic as Dystopia: Bernardine Evaristo Blonde Roots. 9.Disaster Utopias: Chitra Divakaruni One Amazing Thing.
1. Introduction 2. Rotten with perfection: Kim Edwards The Secrets of a Fire King. 3.Fiction and the Unabomber: Susan Choi A Person of Interest. 4.Blowback: André Dubus III House of Sand and Fog. 5. Falling Woman: André Dubus III The Garden of Last Days 6. Pictures from a Revolution: Dalia Sofer The Septembers of Shiraz 7.Updike's Many Worlds: Local and Global in Toward the End of Time. 8.The Black Atlantic as Dystopia: Bernardine Evaristo Blonde Roots. 9.Disaster Utopias: Chitra Divakaruni One Amazing Thing.
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