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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc Reviews |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Persky, Stan. Reading the 21st Century : Books of the Decade, 2000-2009. Montreal : MQUP, ©2014 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stan Persky |
ISBN: | 9780773586079 0773586075 0773539093 9780773539099 |
OCLC Number: | 806255275 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) |
Contents: | 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 -- Conclusion: Code red -- Appendix: Some prize lists. |
Other Titles: | Reading the twenty-first century |
Responsibility: | Stan Persky. |
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"I can't remember when I last read a book that so made me want to go out and buy / read just about every title listed or referred to. Moreover, I cannot think of another volume that covers such a range of material. The subject matter of these pages is tru "There are many good things to say about Reading the 21st Century. It is personable, thoughtful, lively, cleanly and clearly written, amusing, and insightful. It is also up-to-date and serious." David Helwig, winner of the CBC Poetry Prize and the Atlantic Poetry Prize Read more...


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