{"product_id":"benjamin-markovits-9781032614915","title":"Benjamin Markovits","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin 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 (\u003ci\u003eImposture\u003c\/i\u003e, 2007; \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Adjustment\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008; \u003cem\u003eChildish Loves\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e2011) to an award-winning portrayal of a gentrification project in Obama-era Detroit (\u003cem\u003eYou Don't Have to Live Like This\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e2015) to intimate studies of contemporary family life (\u003cem\u003eA Weekend in New York\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e2018; \u003cem\u003eChristmas in Austin\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e2019). Prolific and unpredictable, Markovits is one of the most interesting realist writers working today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing 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', \u003ci\u003eThe Syme Papers \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), before exploring his\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword - Benjamin Markovits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Life Elsewhere - Michael Kalisch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Academic: \u003ci\u003eThe Syme Papers \u003c\/i\u003eand Singularity - Sam Reese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Byron Trilogy - Peter Graham \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘What Hasn’t Happened to You’: Telling Failure in \u003ci\u003eEither Side of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou Don’t Have to Live Like This - \u003c\/i\u003eRachael McLennan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘Everybody got they role to play’: Basketball and Belonging in \u003ci\u003ePlaying Days - \u003c\/i\u003eJoshua Clayton\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘The world seemed very large around me’: Urban Regeneration and the Sublime in Benjamin Markovits’s \u003ci\u003eYou Don’t Have to Live Like This - \u003c\/i\u003eJames Peacock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTemporary Concerns: The Limits of Meritocracy in \u003ci\u003eYou Don’t Have to Live Like This - \u003c\/i\u003eLola Boorman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrategies of Self-Detachment and ‘The Business of Daily Life’ in the Fiction of Benjamin Markovits - David Brauner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManners, Morals, and the Essingers: \u003ci\u003eA Weekend in New York \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChristmas in Austin - \u003c\/i\u003eMichael Kalisch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Conversation with Benjamin Markovits - Benjamin Markovits and Kasia Boddy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195246965079,"sku":"9781032614915","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032614915.jpg?v=1763646885","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/benjamin-markovits-9781032614915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}