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Blackwell’s publishing program has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business to form Wiley-Blackwell.  \nRegistered Office  \nJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom  \nEditorial Offices  \n350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148–5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK  \nThe Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK  \nFor details of our global editorial offices, for customer services, and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website [at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell](at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell).  \nThe right of Patrick O’Donnell to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designsand Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher.  \nWiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.  \nDesignations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nO’Donnell, Patrick, 1948–  \nThe American novel now : contemporary American fiction since 1980 / Patrick O’Donnell. [p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-4051-6757-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)– ISBN 978-1-4051-6755-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. American fiction–20th century–History and criticism. 2. Literature and society–United States–History–20th century. 3. Literature and history–United States– History–20th century. I. Title. II. Title: Contemporary American fiction since 1980.  \nPS379 .O35 2010 813′. 5409–dc22  \n2009030168  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nSet in 10.5 on 13 pt Galliard by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited Printed in Malaysia  \nFor Kaylee and Caiden, future readers  \nContents  \nPreface viii  \nAcknowledgments xii  \nPart I: Before 1980 1  \nPart II: From New Realisms to Postmodernism 34  \n“This American Life” 35  \n“Dirty Realisms” 46  \nOnly Wor(l)ds 56  \nMagnifying Reality, Multiplying Genre 67  \nPart III: Becoming Identities 80  \nReinventing Character 82  \nRacing Identity 92  \nEngendering Narrative 104  \nToward the Posthuman 115  \nPart IV: What Happened to History? 124  \nThe Past is Prologue 126  \nTunneling In 132  \nImagining Epoch 136  \nAnother History 146  \nNarrating Vietnam 150  \nCatastrophe: The Ends of History 162  \nPart V: Relations Stopping Nowhere 172  \nThe Postnuclear Family 173  \nThe Reach of Community 187  \nFrom There to Here: Migration and Nation 199  \nEpilogue 213  \nNotes 216  \nReferences 220  \nIndex 228  \nPreface  \nThe narrative that follows, like any narrative, is full of gaps, elisions, inclusions and exclusions. 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