Understanding Gary Shteyngart

Provides the first comprehensive examination of Shteyngart's novels and memoir, introducing readers to one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful contemporary American authors. Geoff Hamilton demonstrates that Shteyngart's work deserves attention for its relevance to core questions of identity formation and the conditions of belief common to globalized societies.

About the author

Geoff Hamilton is the author of The Life and Undeath of Autonomy in American Literature. He is an assistant professor of English at Trent University, and his current research focuses on conceptions of self-rule in Native American literature.

Summary

Provides the first comprehensive examination of Shteyngart's novels and memoir, introducing readers to one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful contemporary American authors. Geoff Hamilton demonstrates that Shteyngart's work deserves attention for its relevance to core questions of identity formation and the conditions of belief common to globalized societies.

Product details

• Authors: Geoff Hamilton
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781611177640
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-764-0
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature; Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories