Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty: Narrating Unstable Futures

by Marco Caracciolo

Book Overview

This open access book argues that storytelling is an important resource in coming to terms with the loss of the feeling of living a grounded existence where the future remains relatively stable and predictable. Faced with the specter of climate catastrophe, we lose confidence in the future-a well-documented response in the environmental movement, for example. Yet stories, and in particular sophisticated fictional stories, can help us negotiate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350233935
• ISBN13: 9781350233935
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"