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Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Hyperbolic Realism - Pynchon and Bolano Literary Study

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Explore the evolution of literature beyond postmodernism with Hyperbolic Realism. This scholarly work by Bloomsbury Academic examines how contemporary authors address the ethical obligation of representing a planetary perspective in an increasingly complex world. Through a deep reading of Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day and Roberto Bolano's 2666, this book analyzes the shift toward maximalist forms. It looks at how these authors use discursive and material abundance to navigate the boundaries between the fantastic and historical genres. Readers will gain insight into how narrative doubt and spiraling uncertainty function within these massive works. This text is an essential resource for those studying modern literary theory and the movement of late maximalist novels. It provides a rigorous assessment of how excessive fictionality and complex narrative structures serve to engage with the reality of the contemporary era.

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Analyzes the transition from postmodernism to the era of hyperbolic realism in contemporary literature.

Provides a detailed examination of Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day and its maximalist structure.

Studies Roberto Bolano's 2666 to understand the use of material abundance in modern fiction.

Explores the relationship between fantastic elements and historical genres in late maximalist novels.

Investigates how narrative doubt and uncertainty are used to address a planetary perspective.

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01 December 2022
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