The complete review guide to contemporary world fiction

Resource Information

The work The complete review guide to contemporary world fiction represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The complete review guide to contemporary world fiction

Statement of responsibility

[compiled by] M.A. Orthofer

Contributor

• Ortlepp, Gunar

Subject

• Fiction -- Translations into English -- Bibliography
• Fiction -- History and criticism

Genre

• Bibliography

Language

eng

Summary

This user-friendly resource is the perfect reference for English-language readers who are eager to explore fiction from around the world. Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this guide introduces the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge Chinese works to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels. The book's critical selection of titles defines the arc of a country's literary development. Entries illuminate the fiction of individual nations, cultures, and peoples, while concise biographies sketch the careers of noteworthy authors. Compiled by M. A. Orthofer, an avid book reviewer and the founder of the literary review site the Complete Review, this reference is perfect for readers who wish to expand their reading choices and knowledge of contemporary world fiction

Dewey number

809.3

Index

index present

LC call number

PN3491

LC item number

.C626 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography