{"product_id":"hbos-the-leftovers-mourning-and-melancholy-on-premium-cable-9781666947571","title":"HBO's The Leftovers: Mourning and Melancholy on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book unpacks and analyzes the central themes of sacrifice, melancholy, apocalypticism, and the nature of family and home in HBO’s The Leftovers to demonstrate the key role it played in the development of early twenty-first-century television. Eliot Borenstein argues that the story of The Leftovers is the most sustained exploration of loss ever to appear on American television and subverts the expectations of viewers who look to prestige dramas as puzzles to solve by providing no clear answers the mysteries most central to the show’s plot. Instead, Borenstein posits, the series endeavors to provide more nuanced and realistic portrayals of the melancholy that occurs when people’s lives are unmoored, leavening an inherently depressing experience with absurdity and moments of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew shows in the history of television have been as mesmerizingly brilliant as The Leftovers, and few have left viewers with as much to unpack, discuss, and contemplate long after their sudden departure. Borenstein does a wonderful job with these tasks, commemorating the show with a welcome, thoughtful companion.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jonathan Gray, University of Wisconsin-Madison; author of \u003ci\u003eTelevision Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTelevision Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: The Lessons of Lost, or, Serialization and Its Discontents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Suburban Rapture: From Book to Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Melancholy, Baby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Shaman of Melancholia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: No Child Left Behind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Giving Up Baby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Killing the Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: The Wrong Kevin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Letting the Mystery Be\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042042478935,"sku":"9781666947571","price":65.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666947571.jpg?v=1750952759","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hbos-the-leftovers-mourning-and-melancholy-on-premium-cable-9781666947571","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}