Politics and literature at the turn of the millenium /
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| Language: | English |
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Calgary, Alberta :
University of Calgary Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
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| Online Access: | Access E-Book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Politics and literature
- 2. The "original position" in José Saramago's Blindness
- 3. Absurdity and revolt in Cormac McCarthy's The road
- 4. The bystander's tale : Gil Courtemanche's A Sunday at the pool in Kigali
- 5. Fiction and the study of slums : Anosh Irani's The cripple and his talismans
- 6. Narrative and memory in Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the shore, Günter Grass's Crabwalk and André Brink's The rights of desire
- 7. The politics of victimhood in John Le Carré's Absolute friends
- 8. The quest for identity in Sayed Kashua's Let it be morning
- 9. Political escapism in contemporary Israel : David Grossman's To the end of the land
- 10. Body and mind in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and crake
- 11. A Canadian alternative to the clash of civilizations : Yann Martel's Life of Pi.