{"product_id":"jungle-fever-9780826518323","title":"Jungle Fever","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sinister “jungle” - that ill-defined and amorphous place where civilization has no foothold and survival is always in doubt - is the terrifying setting for countless works of the imagination. In \u003cem\u003eJungle Fever\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlotte Rogers goes deep into five books that first defined the jungle as a violent and maddening place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea stunningly erudite and insightful critical and historical interdisciplinary analysis\"\" - \u003ci\u003eHispania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eJungle Fever\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a fascinating excursion into the colonial and postcolonial tropics where we find Conrad and Malraux in the company of Alejo Carpentier, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Luis Borges, and Wilson Harris - with many surprises lurking along the way.\"\" - Vera Kutzinski, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst the American Grain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eJungle Fever\u003c\/i\u003e isolates, in the novelistic subgenre of the jungle book, a deep strand involving disease, which is at the source of its creative impulse, and where these adventure novels carry out a compelling critique of modern imperialism. Cutting across the English, Latin American, and French traditions this book is a model of the comparative approach.\"\" - Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, Yale University, and author of \u003ci\u003eMyth and Archive\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vanderbilt University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084092698967,"sku":"9780826518323","price":39.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780826518323.jpg?v=1762205037","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jungle-fever-9780826518323","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}