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Informationen zum Autor Nicolas Tredell Klappentext In this Readers' Guide, Nicolas Tredell explores the critical judgements and interpretations generated by Amis's novels and short stories over the past quarter of a century. Drawing on reviews, essays, interviews and books, it brings together material on Amis which has never previously been collected and provides the most wide-ranging examination of his fiction so far, considering key issues such as his use of language, his concern with time, apocalypse and corruption, his relation to modernity and postmodernity, his representation of women and sexuality, and his treatment of the Holocaust. Zusammenfassung In this Readers' Guide! Nicolas Tredell explores the critical judgements and interpretations generated by Amis's novels and short stories over the past quarter of a century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.- Postmodern Prurience: The Rachel Papers (1973).- Country-House Carnage: Dead Babies (1975).- Snakes and Ladders: Success (1978).- Descent into Hell: Other People: A Mystery Story (1981).- Self's the Man: Money: A Suicide Note (1984).- Writing the Unthinkable: Einstein's Monsters (1987).- Pity the Planet: London Fields (1989).- Wrong in Time: Time's Arrow (1991).- That Comes at Night: The Information (1995).- Cops and Slobs: Night Train (1997) and Heavy Water and Other Stories (1998).- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Acknowledgements.- Index.
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Introduction.- Postmodern Prurience: The Rachel Papers (1973).- Country-House Carnage: Dead Babies (1975).- Snakes and Ladders: Success (1978).- Descent into Hell: Other People: A Mystery Story (1981).- Self's the Man: Money: A Suicide Note (1984).- Writing the Unthinkable: Einstein's Monsters (1987).- Pity the Planet: London Fields (1989).- Wrong in Time: Time's Arrow (1991).- That Comes at Night: The Information (1995).- Cops and Slobs: Night Train (1997) and Heavy Water and Other Stories (1998).- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Acknowledgements.- Index.
