Retroland: A Reader's Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction

by Peter Kemp

Book Overview

The essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel

Over the past fifty years, fiction in English has never looked more various. Books bulkier than Victorian three-deckers appear alongside works of minimalist brevity, and experiments with form have produced everything from verse novels to Twitter-thread narratives. This is truly a golden age. But what unites this kaleidoscopic array of genres and styles? Celebrated writer and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300269625
• ISBN13: 9780300269628
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.3"