{"product_id":"retroland-by-peter-kemp-9780300269628","title":"Retroland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the past fifty years, fiction in English has never looked more various. Books bulkier than Victorian three-deckers appear alongside works of minimalist brevity, and experiments with form have produced everything from verse novels to Twitter-thread narratives. This is truly a golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut what unites this kaleidoscopic array of genres and styles?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated writer and critic Peter Kemp shows how modern writers are obsessed with the past. In a series of engaging and illuminating chapters, \u003ci\u003eRetroland\u003c\/i\u003e traces this novelistic preoccupation with history, from the imperial and the political to the personal and the literary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing famous names from across the United Kingdom, United States, and the wider Anglophone world, ranging from Salman Rushdie to Sarah Waters, Toni Morrison to Hilary Mantel, this is a work of remarkable synthesis and clarity—a wonderfully readable and enjoyably opinionated guide to our current literary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362967437548,"sku":"9780300269628","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24694023482294.jpg?v=1772907977","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/retroland-by-peter-kemp-9780300269628","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}