The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-14674-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 750 g

For more than a decade, the Complete Review has been an essential site for readers interested in learning about new books in translation and developments in global literature. Expanding upon the site's content, this wide-ranging yet user-friendly resource is the perfect guide for English-language readers eager to explore fiction from around the world. Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this reference provides a fascinating portal into the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge works in China to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels.

What sets this guide apart is its critical selection of titles that define the arc of a nation's literary development, paired with lively summaries that convey both the enjoyment and significance of each work. Arranged by region, country, and language, entries illuminate the fiction of individual nations, cultures, and peoples, while concise biographies sketch the careers of noteworthy authors. Compiled by M. A. Orthofer, an avid book reviewer and founder of the Complete Review, this reference will benefit from an actively maintained companion site featuring additional links and resources and new reviews as contemporary works are published. The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction is perfect for readers who wish to expand their reading choices and knowledge of contemporary world fiction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orthofer, M. A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Nachschlagewerke

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionEuropeFrance, Belgium, and SwitzerlandSpain and PortugalItalyGreeceGermany, Austria, and SwitzerlandNetherlands and BelgiumScandinaviaBaltic StatesEastern Europe IEastern Europe IIRussia, Soviet Union, and Central AsiaUnited Kingdom and IrelandSub-Saharan AfricaSouthern AfricaCentral AfricaEast AfricaWest AfricaLusophone AfricaNorth Africa, Middle East, and TurkeyArabic-Speaking CountriesIsraelTurkeyIran and AfghanistanAsiaIndian SubcontinentSoutheast Asia ISoutheast Asia IIChina, Tibet, and TaiwanJapanSouth Korea and North KoreaOceaniaAustralia, New Zealand, and South PacificLatin AmericaBrazilSouth AmericaMexico and Central AmericaCaribbeanNorth AmericaUnited States and CanadaAppendix 1. Translation into English, by the NumbersAppendix 2. Supplemental ResourcesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

M. A. Orthofer is the founder, managing editor, and lead contributor to the Complete Review and its blog The Literary Saloon. Launched in 1999, the Complete Review has been praised by the Times Literary Supplement, Wired, and the New York Times Book Review, which called the site "one of the best literary destinations on the Web." Orthofer has also served as judge for the Best Translated Book Award and the Austrian Cultural Forum's ACF Translation Prize, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.