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.