{"product_id":"the-global-novel-writing-the-world-in-the-21st-century-paperback","title":"The Global Novel: Writing the World in the 21st Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Kirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the future of fiction in an age of globalization?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Global Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch explores some of the 21st century's best-known writers--including Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, and Elena Ferrante--and how they each have a way of imagining the world that sees different places and peoples as intimately connected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom climate change and sex trafficking to religious fundamentalism and genetic engineering, today's novelists use contemporary subjects to address the perennial concerns of fiction, like morality, society, and love. The global novel is not the bland, commercial product that many critics of world literature have accused it of being, but instead a renewal of the writer's privilege of examining what it means to be human.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Kirsch\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three books of poems and several books of criticism and biography, including most recently \u003ci\u003eThe People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (W.W. Norton). His essays and reviews appear regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He is director of the M.A. program in Jewish Studies at Columbia University and lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 105\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.3 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772775465248,"sku":"9780997722901","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a14e261cd8f18be7d768b62fe68c65d9.webp?v=1780413984","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-global-novel-writing-the-world-in-the-21st-century-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}