{"product_id":"out-of-the-blue-september-11-and-the-novel-9780231149372","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: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriters have represented 9\/11 and its aftermath with varying degrees of success. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOut of the Blue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 eventsand what it means to depict them. Versluys focuses on Don DeLillo's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFalling Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Art Spiegelman's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Shadow of No Towers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Jonathan Safran Foer's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Frédéric Beigbeder's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWindows on the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and John Updike's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTerrorist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268794343575,"sku":"9780231149372","price":2072.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780231149372.webp?v=1769236565","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/out-of-the-blue-september-11-and-the-novel-9780231149372","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}