{"product_id":"outside-america","title":"Outside, America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea of the \"outside\" as a space of freedom has always been central in the literature of the United States. This concept still remains active in contemporary American fiction; however, its function is being significantly changed. \u003ci\u003eOutside, America \u003c\/i\u003eargues that, among contemporary American novelists, a shift of focus to the temporal dimension is taking place. No longer a spatial movement, the quest for the outside now seeks to reach the idea of time as a force of difference, a la Deleuze, by which the current subjectivity is transformed. In other words, the concept is taking a \"temporal turn.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscussing eight novelists, including Don DeLillo, Richard Powers, Paul Theroux, and Annie Proulx, each of whose works describe forces of given identities--masculine identity, historical temporality, and power, etc.--which block quests for the outside, Fujii shows how the outside in these texts ceases to be a spatial idea. With due attention to critical and social contexts, the book aims to reveal a profound shift in contemporary American fiction.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833553170637,"sku":"9781441161871","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_03631d99-ebf7-46be-a775-4faa7fe84d0c.jpg?v=1790888559","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/outside-america","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}