Screen LibraryReading the 21st century：books of the decade, 2000-2009
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McGill-Queen's University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Montreal ,Quebec Ithaca ,N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 278 p.: ; 24 cm. |
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9780773539099 (hbk.) 0773539093 (acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | I106 |
| CLC: | I106 |
| Call Number: | I106/P466 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: In the twilight of literary criticism --The storyteller : Larry McMurtry-- Indelible : Philip Roth's human stain -- Heroes : Javier Cercas's soldiers of Salamis -- Ignorance in the desert -- The snowflake from the snow : Orhan Pamuk -- In the land of Amos Oz : a tale of love and darkness -- Homeland alone : 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq -- Lost and found : Daniel Mendelsohn -- Walking, seeing, shelving -- The Gods that failed : Richard Dawkins -- Exit strategies : Said, Coetzee, Saramago, Roth -- Other voices, other realms -- Haunted by a spectre : Krugman, Klein, Stiglitz -- Conclus "The first decade of the twenty-first century was noteworthy for war, terror, religious revival, economic collapse, and a technological revolution that prompted countless critical responses and gave rise to a paradox: writing flourished, but reading declined. Reading the 21st Century investigates the urgent themes, major works, and crisis of reading in an era of instant communication. In wide-ranging and innovative criticism, Stan Persky examines international non-fiction and fiction to engage with both the triumphs and tensions of reading and writing today. Evaluating works by established a |