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Benjamin Markovits is a leading Anglo-American novelist with a
varied and ambitious body of work, ranging from a trilogy of
historical fictions on the life of Lord Byron (Imposture, 2007; A
Quiet Adjustment, 2008; Childish Loves, 2011), to an award-winning
portrayal of a gentrification project in Obama-era Detroit (You
Don’t Have to Live Like This, 2015), to intimate studies of
contemporary family life (A Weekend in New York, 2018; Christmas in
Austin, 2019). Prolific and unpredictable, Markovits is one of the
most interesting realist writers working today. Featuring
contributions from emerging and established scholars, this
collection provides fresh perspectives on Markovits’s place in
the contemporary literary field, as well as offering a detailed
survey of his work to date. The collection begins with
Markovits’s early ‘campus novel’, The Syme Papers (2004),
before exploring his celebrated ‘Byron Trilogy’, and the 2005
story-cycle, Either Side of Winter. Contributors consider
Markovits’s best-known book, You Don’t Have to Live Like This,
which won the James Tait Memorial Prize, as well as his more recent
fictions focusing on the trials and tribulations of the Essinger
family. Taken together, this authoritative collection brings to
light the many preoccupations of Markovits’s singular
oeuvre—from Byron to basketball, from race relations to real
estate. It also includes a frank and wide-ranging interview with
the author. The collection will be a first port of call for
students and scholars in search of a comprehensive introduction to
the work of one of our most exciting contemporary novelists.
How might our friendships shape our politics? This book examines
how contemporary American fiction has rediscovered the concept of
civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male
friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of
democracy in the United States. Bringing into dialogue the work of
a wide range of authors - including Philip Roth, Paul Auster,
Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, and Teju Cole -
this innovative study advances a compelling new account of the
political and intellectual fabric of the American novel today. -- .
Benjamin Markovits is a leading Anglo-American novelist with a
varied and ambitious body of work, ranging from a trilogy of
historical fictions on the life of Lord Byron (Imposture, 2007; A
Quiet Adjustment, 2008; Childish Loves, 2011), to an award-winning
portrayal of a gentrification project in Obama-era Detroit (You
Don’t Have to Live Like This, 2015), to intimate studies of
contemporary family life (A Weekend in New York, 2018; Christmas in
Austin, 2019). Prolific and unpredictable, Markovits is one of the
most interesting realist writers working today. Featuring
contributions from emerging and established scholars, this
collection provides fresh perspectives on Markovits’s place in
the contemporary literary field, as well as offering a detailed
survey of his work to date. The collection begins with
Markovits’s early ‘campus novel’, The Syme Papers (2004),
before exploring his celebrated ‘Byron Trilogy’, and the 2005
story-cycle, Either Side of Winter. Contributors consider
Markovits’s best-known book, You Don’t Have to Live Like This,
which won the James Tait Memorial Prize, as well as his more recent
fictions focusing on the trials and tribulations of the Essinger
family. Taken together, this authoritative collection brings to
light the many preoccupations of Markovits’s singular
oeuvre—from Byron to basketball, from race relations to real
estate. It also includes a frank and wide-ranging interview with
the author. The collection will be a first port of call for
students and scholars in search of a comprehensive introduction to
the work of one of our most exciting contemporary novelists.
How might our friendships shape our politics? This book examines
how contemporary American fiction has rediscovered the concept of
civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male
friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of
democracy in the United States. Bringing into dialogue the work of
a wide range of authors - including Philip Roth, Paul Auster,
Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, and Teju Cole -
this innovative study advances a compelling new account of the
political and intellectual fabric of the American novel today. -- .
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