商品簡介
Part of a series, this volume offers chapters on 36 novels, with a full synopsis of each included as introduction. The chapters then discuss the multiple contexts in which the work may be seen, including historical, societal, religious, scientific & technological, and biographical, that is, to what extent the author's biography and ouevre may be discerned in the work. The chapter concludes with a short bibliography of secondary studies and a list of discussion questions. Among the titles described are Michael Chabon's The Amazing adventures of Kavelier & Clay; Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club; four works by Toni Morrison -- Beloved, The Bluest eye, Sula and Tar Baby; and three by Don Delillo: Libra, Underworld and White noise. Annotation c2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
