Reading the 21st Century
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Reading the 21st Century

Books of the Decade, 2000-2009

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Reading the 21st Century

Books of the Decade, 2000-2009

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About This Book

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 authors Philip Roth, Orhan Pamuk, J.M. Coetzee, and José Saramago, as well as emerging writers like Naomi Klein, Javier Cercas, and Chimamanda Adichie, Persky also showcases a remarkable group of reporters - Steve Coll, Dexter Filkins, and Rajiv Chandrasekaran - who have written essential books about global issues. An illuminating and accessible work about the present age, Reading the 21st Century introduces new ways of thinking about the world's most significant cultural, political, and moral problems.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: In the Twilight of Literary Criticism
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 The Storyteller: Larry McMurtry
  9. 2 Indelible: Philip Roth’s Human Stain
  10. 3 Heroes: Javier Cercas’s Soldiers of Salamis
  11. 4 Ignorance in the Desert
  12. 5 The Snowflake from the Snow: Orhan Pamuk
  13. 6 In the Land of Amos Oz: A Tale of Love and Darkness
  14. 7 Homeland Alone: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq
  15. 8 Lost and Found: Daniel Mendelsohn
  16. 9 Walking, Seeing, Shelving
  17. 10 The Gods That Failed: Richard Dawkins
  18. 11 Exit Strategies: Said, Coetzee, Saramago, Roth
  19. 12 Other Voices, Other Realms
  20. 13 Haunted by a Spectre: Krugman, Klein, Stiglitz
  21. Conclusion: Code Red
  22. Appendix: Some Prize Lists
  23. Index