{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-storyteller-k-m-newton-9781474275675","title":"The Return of the Storyteller in Contemporary Fiction","description":"Focusing on the figure of the storyteller, this study breaks new ground in the approach to reading contemporary literature by identifying a growing interest in storytelling. For the last thirty years contemporary fiction has been influenced by theoretical discourses, textuality and writing. Only since the rise of postcolonialism have academic critics been more overtly interested in stories, where high theory frameworks are less applicable. However, as we move through various contemporary contexts engaging with postcolonial identities and hybridity, to narratives of disability and evolutionary accounts of group and individual survival, a common feature of all is the centrality of story, which posits both the idea of survival and the passing on of traditions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Storyteller in Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e closely examines this preoccupation with story and storytelling through a close reading of six contemporary international novelists that are either about actual 'storytellers' or engage with the figure of the storyteller, revealing how death of the author has given birth to the storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. M. Newton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474275672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474275675\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 02\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d","brand":"K. M. Newton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47200715899135,"sku":"9781474275675","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02bd5f67-4c73-4642-a7ab-3760cda7066d.jpg?v=1756787670","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-return-of-the-storyteller-k-m-newton-9781474275675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}