Counternarratives

by John Keene

Book Overview

Ranging from the 17th century to our current moment, and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratives' stories and novellas draw upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, interrogation transcripts, and speculative fiction to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. "An Outtake" chronicles an escaped slave's take on liberty and the American Revolution;The Strange History of Our Lady of the Sorrows presents a bizarre...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811224341
• ISBN13: 9780811224345
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.2"