Reflecting on the literary landscape of our time--from the writings of Roland Barthes to those of Stephen King, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Kazuo Ishiguro--Michael Wood explores such issues as the shift of interest from novel to story, the blurring of the line between fiction and criticism, the persistence of the notion of paradise, the lure of horror, and the tendency of fiction to simultaneously reflect and resist contemporary history.
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Reflecting on the literary landscape of our time--from the writings of Roland Barthes to those of Stephen King, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Kazuo Ishiguro--Michael Wood explores such issues as the shift of interest from novel to story, the blurring of the line between fiction and criticism, the persistence of the notion of paradise, the lure of horror, and the tendency of fiction to simultaneously reflect and resist contemporary history.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 241 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 97049187 Type of material Book Personal name Wood, Michael, 1936-Main title Children of silence: on contemporary fiction / Michael Wood. Published/Created New York: Columbia University Press, c1998. Description 241 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0231050488 (pbk. ) LC classification PN3335. W66 1998 LC Subjects Fiction--20th century--History and criticism. Criticism. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-230) and index. Dewey class no. 809.3/04
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Chapters on Stephen King, Roland Barthes, Italo Calvino, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison, Angela Carter, and others.; 9.29 X 6.27 X 0.92 inches; 224 pages.