{"product_id":"a-temporary-future-patrick-odonnell-9781441157287","title":"A Temporary Future: The Fiction of David Mitchell","description":"Having emerged as one the leading contemporary British writers, David Mitchell is rapidly taking his place amongst British novelists with the gravitas of an Ishiguro or a McEwan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten for a wide constituency of readers of contemporary literature, \u003ci\u003eA Temporary Future: The Fiction of David Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003eexplores Mitchell's main concerns-including those of identity, history, language, imperialism, childhood, the environment, and ethnicity-across the six novels published so far, as well as his protean ability to write in multiple and diverse genres. It places Mitchell in the tradition of Murakami, Sebald, and Rushdie-writers whose works explore narrative in an age of globalization and cosmopolitanism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick O'Donnell traces the through-lines of Mitchell's work from \u003ci\u003eghostwritten\u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e and, with a chapter on each of the six novels, charts the evolution of Mitchell's fictional project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick O'Donnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144115728X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441157287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 5.45w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 84","brand":"Patrick O'Donnell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485201150207,"sku":"9781441157287","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8efc43dd-0e15-41a0-8baf-f6af50a2c85d.jpg?v=1778048573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-temporary-future-patrick-odonnell-9781441157287","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}