{"product_id":"the-future-of-the-novel-isbn-9781685891619","title":"The Future of the Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor and essayist Simon Okotie interprets the signposts – evident through the history of the novel – that point to the form’s future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe’re used to the novel being declared dead, dying, or endangered. Seemingly every few years, a critic will read it the last rites – yet the form remains more popular than ever with readers. In \u003ci\u003eThe Future of the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, author Simon Okotie presents a bold future for long-form fiction, and suggests its evolution is far from over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOkotie begins by responding to and critiquing John Carruthers’ book \u003ci\u003eScheherezade, or The Future of the English Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1927 as part of the ‘To-day and To-morrow’ series – the inspiration for our present-day FUTURES. He then cites others who have since meditated on the direction of the form: Henry James, D. H. Lawrence, William Burroughs, Anaïs Nin, Zadie Smith, and China Miéville, among others. In doing so, he also tells the story of the novel itself, from the realism of the 18th and 19th centuries, through the early stirrings of modernism with its focus on the ‘inner life’, right through to the abstraction and experimentation of 21st century postmodernism, and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of which informs Okotie’s own future vision for the novel – one that extends even further into the reaches of the subconscious, and speculates on the uneasy role artifical intelligence will play in the coming decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future of The Novel \u003c\/i\u003eis a rich and immersive portrait of an artform which, despite constant claims to the contrary, is more alive and exciting than ever.\"This book is a thoughtful and meticulous consideration of what the novel was, is, and could yet be. There is something to learn, something to contend, and something to illuminate on every page.\" \u003cb\u003e-- C.D. Rose, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin Stares at the Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A bracing, positive read, it’s recommended even – perhaps especially – to those whose own literary tastes tend to be more conventional.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative, incisive, intimate, and deeply learned.\" \u003cb\u003e-- Adam Ehlich Sachs, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Organs of Sense\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Simon Okotie considers the future of the novel by first exploring its past, and dives deep into the theory and practice of fiction since Woolf, Joyce and their modernist contemporaries. In this thoughtful and wide-ranging survey his erudition is very impressive, though lightly-worn. If you have skin in the game as a writer or reader, you really need to read this book. It taught me a lot.\" \u003cb\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eDavid Collard, author of \u003ci\u003eMultiple Joyce: 100 Short Essays About James Joyce's Cultural Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Okotie \u003c\/b\u003eis a fiction writer and essayist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to Harold Absalon?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Absence of Absalon,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfter Absalon\u003c\/i\u003e, an acclaimed trilogy of novels published by Salt. He lives in London.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301804593381,"sku":"NP9781685891619","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781685891619.jpg?v=1767739460","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-future-of-the-novel-isbn-9781685891619","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}