{"product_id":"outside-america-hikaru-fujii-9781441161871","title":"Outside, America: The Temporal Turn in Contemporary American Fiction","description":"The idea of the \"outside\" as a space of freedom has always been central in the literature of the United States. This concept still remains active in contemporary American fiction; however, its function is being significantly changed. \u003cem\u003eOutside, America \u003c\/em\u003eargues that, among contemporary American novelists, a shift of focus to the temporal dimension is taking place. No longer a spatial movement, the quest for the outside now seeks to reach the idea of time as a force of difference, a la Deleuze, by which the current subjectivity is transformed. In other words, the concept is taking a \"temporal turn.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscussing eight novelists, including Don DeLillo, Richard Powers, Paul Theroux, and Annie Proulx, each of whose works describe forces of given identities-masculine identity, historical temporality, and power, etc.-which block quests for the outside, Fujii shows how the outside in these texts ceases to be a spatial idea. With due attention to critical and social contexts, the book aims to reveal a profound shift in contemporary American fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hikaru Fujii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441161872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441161871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Hikaru Fujii","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425260323071,"sku":"9781441161871","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f2ecf3c-9a0c-434e-a4da-46ee4f5eee0c.jpg?v=1761538041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/outside-america-hikaru-fujii-9781441161871","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}