Newman, Judie,

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.