The global novel: writing the world in the 21st century

World literature and its discontents

The ambassador : Orhan Pamuk's Snow

Alternate realities : Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 and Roberto Bolano's 2666

To America and back : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and Mohsin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist

Fearful futures : Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake and Michel Houellebecq's The possibility of an island

Starting from home : Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels.