The Cosmopolitan Novel

by Berthold Schoene

Book Overview

While traditionally the novel has been seen as tracking the development of the nation state, Schoene queries if globalisation might currently be prompting the emergence of a new sub-genre of the novel that is adept at imagining global community. The book introduces a new generation of contemporary British writers (Rachel Cusk, Kiran Desai, Hari Kunzru, Jon McGregor and David Mitchell) whose work is read against that of established novelists Arundhati...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748640037
• ISBN13: 9780748640034
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"