Utopia and terror in contemporary American fiction /
Judie Newman.
- xii, 181 pages ; 24 cm.
- Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 21 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
Rotten with perfection : Kim Edwards, The secrets of a fire king -- Fiction and the Unabomber : Susan Choi, A person of interest -- Blowback : AndrDubus III, House of sand and fog -- Falling woman : AndrDubus III, The garden of last days -- Pictures from a revolution : Dalia Sofer, The Septembers of Shiraz -- Updike's many worlds : local and global in Toward the end of time -- The Black Atlantic as dystopia : Bernardine Evaristo, Blonde roots -- Disaster utopias : Chitra Divakaruni, One amazing thing.
9780415899123 (habrdback.) RM469.20
Utopias in literature. American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century Dystopias in literature. Terror in literature. Fantasy in literature. Transnationalism in literature.