{"product_id":"out-of-the-blue-september-11-and-the-novel-9780231149365","title":"Out of the Blue: September 11 and the Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kristiaan Versluys\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - Urban\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriters have represented 9\/11 and its aftermath with varying degrees of success. In \u003ci\u003eOut of the Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, Kristiaan Versluys focuses on novels that move beyond patriotic clichés and cheap sensationalism and provide new insights into the emotional and ethical impact of these traumatic events--and what it means to depict them. Versluys focuses on Don DeLillo's \u003ci\u003eFalling Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Art Spiegelman's \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of No Towers\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Safran Foer's \u003ci\u003eExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close\u003c\/i\u003e, Frédéric Beigbeder's \u003ci\u003eWindows on the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and John Updike's \u003ci\u003eTerrorist\u003c\/i\u003e. He scrutinizes how these writers affirm the humanity of the disoriented individual, as opposed to the cocksure killer or politician, and retranslate hesitation, stuttering, or stammering into a precarious act of defiance. Versluys also discusses works by Ian McEwan, Anita Shreve, Martin Amis, and Michael Cunningham, arguing for the novel's distinct power in rendering the devastation of 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46881739112599,"sku":"9780231149365","price":14831.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780231149365.webp?v=1770232269","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/out-of-the-blue-september-11-and-the-novel-9780231149365","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}