Lena Mattheis is Lecturer and Research Assistant at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Her work has been published in journals such as Narrative and Literary Geographies.

“Mattheis's Translocality in Contemporary City Novels not only effectively identifies some main narrative devices in the extensive corpus of city novels featuring translocal space; her analysis also opens up the possibility of empirically examining different or intersectional identities in translocal writings … . The book as well as the possible future findings reflect our lived urban experiences, which are always filled with layers as well as particularities that account for our translocal identities.” (Kai Qing Tan, Anglistik, Vol. 33 (3), 2022)

• Introducing Translocal Narratability.- 1. Simultaneity.- 2. Palimpsest.- 3. Mapping.- 4. Scaling.- 5. Silence, Absence, Non-Place.- 6. Haunting.- Conclusion.

Lena Mattheis is Lecturer and Research Assistant at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Her work has been published in journals such as Narrative and Literary Geographies.

“Mattheis's Translocality in Contemporary City Novels not only effectively identifies some main narrative devices in the extensive corpus of city novels featuring translocal space; her analysis also opens up the possibility of empirically examining different or intersectional identities in translocal writings … . The book as well as the possible future findings reflect our lived urban experiences, which are always filled with layers as well as particularities that account for our translocal identities.” (Kai Qing Tan, Anglistik, Vol. 33 (3), 2022)

• Introducing Translocal Narratability.- 1. Simultaneity.- 2. Palimpsest.- 3. Mapping.- 4. Scaling.- 5. Silence, Absence, Non-Place.- 6. Haunting.- Conclusion.

Lena Mattheis is Lecturer and Research Assistant at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Her work has been published in journals such as Narrative and Literary Geographies.

“Mattheis's Translocality in Contemporary City Novels not only effectively identifies some main narrative devices in the extensive corpus of city novels featuring translocal space; her analysis also opens up the possibility of empirically examining different or intersectional identities in translocal writings … . The book as well as the possible future findings reflect our lived urban experiences, which are always filled with layers as well as particularities that account for our translocal identities.” (Kai Qing Tan, Anglistik, Vol. 33 (3), 2022)

• Introducing Translocal Narratability.- 1. Simultaneity.- 2. Palimpsest.- 3. Mapping.- 4. Scaling.- 5. Silence, Absence, Non-Place.- 6. Haunting.- Conclusion.