Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index.
Contents:
De- and reterritorialization in the age of global capital -- The novel between the cloud and the earth -- Epistemic displacement in Bernardo Carvalho's Nove noites -- On places, hyper-places, and agency -- Lost in space: Daniel Sada's Porque parece mentira la verdad nunca se sabe and Zadie Smith's White teeth -- Symptoms: Mathias Énard's Zone -- Postscript: On records and errors.
Summary:
"Analyzes how contemporary novels-specifically Bernardo Carvalho's Nove noites, Daniel Sada's Porque parece mentira la verdad nunca se sabe, Zadie Smith's White Teeth, and Mathias Énard's Zone-resist displacement and offer a redemptive vision for the place of the novel for the future"-- Provided by publisher.
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