Post-9/11 City in Novels

Karolina Golimowska holds a PhD in American Studies from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and currently teaches at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. In 2013 she was a visiting professor at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia and in 2014 a visiting scholar at NYU in New York City. She is also a translator and author of short prose and journalistic pieces and has been awarded with the German-Polish Journalism Award.

“this book is a useful addition to studies of the contemporary metropolis in literature, especially in relation to trauma studies and post-9/11 studies”—Ethnic & Third World Literatures Review of Books

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Reactions to 9/11 in American and British City NovelsPart One: New YorkI. ­Remapping New York City in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseII. Metropolis as Source of Literary Energy: Teju Cole’s Open CityIII. The Ambiguity of the Other in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and H.M. Naqvi’s Home BoyIV. The Plurality of Voices and Urban Paths in Amy Waldman’s The Submission: The Metaphors of SubmissionPart Two: LondonV. Unpredictable and Insane: London as a Body, London as BrainVI. Hemisphere 1: London East EndVII. Hemisphere 2: London West End in Ian McEwan’s SaturdayVIII. New York versus London: Joseph ­O’Neill’s NetherlandConclusionChapter NotesBibliographyIndex