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The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction

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Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, this reference provides a fascinating portal into the styles, trends, and genres of the world’s literatures. Arranged by region, country...
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This user-friendly resource is the perfect reference for English-language readers who are 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 guide introduces the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge Chinese works to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels.

The book's critical selection of titles defines the arc of a country's literary development. 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 the founder of the literary review site the Complete Review, this reference is perfect for readers who wish to expand their reading choices and knowledge of contemporary world fiction.

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Price: $27.95
Pages: 496
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 19 April 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780231146753
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Australian & Oceanian, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Indigenous, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet
The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction offers a bird's-eye view of titles and authors from everywhere—a book overfull with reminders of why we love to read international fiction. Keep it close by.
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.

Introduction
Europe
France, Belgium, and Switzerland
Spain and Portugal
Italy
Greece
Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Netherlands and Belgium
Scandinavia
Baltic States
Eastern Europe I
Eastern Europe II
Russia, Soviet Union, and Central Asia
United Kingdom and Ireland
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
West Africa
Lusophone Africa
North Africa, Middle East, and Turkey
Arabic-Speaking Countries
Israel
Turkey
Iran and Afghanistan
Asia
Indian Subcontinent
Southeast Asia I
Southeast Asia II
China, Tibet, and Taiwan
Japan
South Korea and North Korea
Oceania
Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific
Latin America
Brazil
South America
Mexico and Central America
Caribbean
North America
United States and Canada
Appendix 1. Translation into English, by the Numbers
Appendix 2. Supplemental Resources
Index