Reading the 21st Century : Books of the Decade, 2000-2009.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: In the Twilight of Literary Criticism -- 1 The Storyteller: Larry McMurtry -- 2 Indelible: Philip Roth's Human Stain -- 3 Heroes: Javier Cercas's Soldiers of Salamis -- 4 Ignorance in the Desert -- 5 The Snowflake from the Snow: Orhan Pamuk -- 6 In the Land of Amos Oz: A Tale of Love and Darkness -- 7 Homeland Alone: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq -- 8 Lost and Found: Daniel Mendelsohn -- 9 Walking, Seeing, Shelving -- 10 The Gods That Failed: Richard Dawkins -- 11 Exit Strategies: Said, Coetzee, Saramago, Roth -- 12 Other Voices, Other Realms -- 13 Haunted by a Spectre: Krugman, Klein, Stiglitz -- Conclusion: Code Red -- Appendix: Some Prize Lists -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

The first decade of the twenty-first century was noteworthy for war, terror, religious revival, economic collapse, and a technological revolution that prompted countless critical responses and gave rise to a paradox: writing flourished, but reading declined. Reading the 21st Century investigates the urgent themes, major works, and crisis of reading in an era of instant communication.

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