{"product_id":"stepping-off-the-edge-9781628973648","title":"Stepping Off the Edge","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStepping Off the Edge addresses the question of literary edges and endings in contemporary works of literature from France, the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The book includes discussion of works by nine different authors, including Anne Carson, Marie NDiaye, Paul Auster, and César Aira. It considers the way that specific texts identify and interrogate textual boundaries, and also draw attention to questions of closure. Each of these texts also reflects on the way we experience and write about edges and endings in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 1: LOCATING, RELOCATING, DISLOCATING THE EDGE OF THE TEXT\u003cbr\u003e Anne Carson’s \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of Red\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Valeria Luiselli’s \u003cem\u003eThe Story of My Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 2: TANGIBLE GHOSTS: WRITING AFTER LIFE\u003cbr\u003e Paul Auster’s “Portrait of an Invisible Man”\u003cbr\u003e Anne Carson’s \u003cem\u003eNox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maggie Nelson’s \u003cem\u003eJane: A Murder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 3: SELF-PORTRAIT FROM THE OUTSIDE\u003cbr\u003e Marie NDiaye’s \u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait in Green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e César Aira’s \u003cem\u003eHow I Became a Nun\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Marie Redonnet’s \u003cem\u003eCandy Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 4: WRITING THE END OF RELATION\u003cbr\u003e Marguerite Duras’s \u003cem\u003eThe Malady of Death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maggie Nelson’s \u003cem\u003eBluets\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lydia Davis’s \u003cem\u003eThe End of the Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 5: APPROACHING THE END OF THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003e César Aira’s \u003cem\u003eShantytown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paul Auster’s \u003cem\u003eThe Country of Last Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49533780656471,"sku":"9781628973648","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781628973648.jpg?v=1731892376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stepping-off-the-edge-9781628973648","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}