{"product_id":"futurity-9780226924953","title":"Futurity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen looking at how trauma is represented in literature and the arts, we tend to focus on the weight of the past. In this book, author suggests that this retrospective gaze has trapped us in a search for reason in the madness of the twentieth century's catastrophes at the expense of literature's prospective vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Using an appealing combination of novels by German and Israeli writers, Amir Eshel produces a powerful and refreshing argument that these texts, which look back at past events, nonetheless point forward to future solutions to the problems they address. Convincing and engaging, Futurity will open the eyes of many readers to an important but often neglected function of literature.\" (Judith Ryan, Harvard University)\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036769780055,"sku":"9780226924953","price":48.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226924953.jpg?v=1750932514","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/futurity-9780226924953","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}