{"product_id":"outside-america-hikaru-fujii-9781628925364","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 1628925361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628925364\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 10\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Hikaru Fujii","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202994258175,"sku":"9781628925364","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e68b4167-b2d0-4b6d-b39d-545fa578c6da.jpg?v=1756834002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/outside-america-hikaru-fujii-9781628925364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}