Literature of the Global Age: A Critical Study of Transcultural Narratives

by Maurizio Ascari

In an age of world citizenship, literary scholarship is focusing increasingly on texts which communicate effectively over cultural lines. Advocating a planetary approach to contemporary literature, this critical text examines eight novels from eight cultures. The writers discussed are Julian Barnes, Magda Szabo, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Ian McEwan, W.G. Sebald, Murakami Haruki, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Azar Nafisi. Focusing on the authors' encouragement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078645959X
• ISBN13: 9780786459599
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher