{"product_id":"talk-fiction-literature-and-the-talk-explosion-9780803278011","title":"Talk Fiction  Literature and the Talk Explosion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverywhere you turn today, someone is talking to you - the television, the radio, cell phones, your computer. If you think some of the novels and stories you read are talking to you too, you're not alone. This book reads contemporary fiction as a form of conversation and as part of the larger conversation that is modern culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this engaging book, Kacandes (German studies and comparative literature, Dartmouth) tries to enlarge understanding of the rhetoric of fiction by creating a new category: talk fiction. . . . Kacandes has done a good service, in clear English, in calling readers back to rhetorical categories that make up fiction.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Secondary Orality - Talk as Interaction; 2. Storytelling - Talk as Sustenance; 3. Testimony - Talk as Witnessing; 4. Apostrophe - Talk as Performance; 5. Interactivity - Talk as Collaboration; Notes; Works Cited; Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405276651863,"sku":"9780803278011","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803278011.jpg?v=1730489397","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/talk-fiction-literature-and-the-talk-explosion-9780803278011","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}