{"product_id":"retroland-peter-kemp-9780300269628","title":"Retroland: A Reader's Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the past fifty years, fiction in English has never looked more various. Books bulkier than Victorian three-deckers appear alongside works of minimalist brevity, and experiments with form have produced everything from verse novels to Twitter-thread narratives. This is truly a golden age. But what unites this kaleidoscopic array of genres and styles? Celebrated writer and critic Peter Kemp shows how modern writers are obsessed with the past. In a series of engaging and illuminating chapters, \u003ci\u003eRetroland\u003c\/i\u003e traces this novelistic preoccupation with history, from the imperial and the political to the personal and the literary. Featuring famous names from across the United Kingdom, United States, and the wider Anglophone world, ranging from Salman Rushdie to Sarah Waters, Toni Morrison to Hilary Mantel, this is a work of remarkable synthesis and clarity--a wonderfully readable and enjoyably opinionated guide to our current literary landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Kemp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300269625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300269628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/21\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"Peter Kemp","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44149565096191,"sku":"9780300269628","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf92da58-f91a-44d5-a025-e419f34998dd.jpg?v=1688457355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/retroland-peter-kemp-9780300269628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}