{"product_id":"new-strangers-in-paradise-gilbert-h-muller-9780813192000","title":"New Strangers in Paradise: The Immigrant Experience and Contemporary American Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Strangers in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples, regions, and competing cultural histories have remade the American cultural landscape in the aftermath of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuller focuses on the literature of Holocaust survivors, Chicanos, Latinos, African Caribbeans, and Asian Americans. In the quest for a new identity, each of these groups seeks the American dream and rewrites the story of what it means to be an American. \u003ci\u003eNew Strangers in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e explores the psychology of uprooted peoples and the relations of culture and power, addressing issues of race and ethnicity, multiculturalism and pluralism, and national and international conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the groups of immigrants in the cultural and historical context both of America and of the lands from which they originated, Muller argues that this \"fourth wave\" of immigration has led to a creative flowering in modern fiction. The book offers a fresh perspective on the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, Sual Bellow, William Styron, Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Oscar Hijuelos, Jamaica Kincaid, Bharati Mukherjee, Rudolfo Anaya, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gilbert H. Muller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813192005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813192000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Gilbert H. Muller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962522226943,"sku":"9780813192000","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc686cd5-53de-491e-8883-1030217aebe7.jpg?v=1750651703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-strangers-in-paradise-gilbert-h-muller-9780813192000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}