Retroland – A Reader`s Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction - Peter Kemp

The essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel  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... Zobrazit více