Books by Michael (Smith College) Gorra

Michael Gorra, one of America's most preeminent literary critics, asks how we read William Faulkner in the twenty-first century.

Explores the ways in which three novelists of empire - Paul Scott, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie - have charted the blurred boundaries of identity in the wake of British imperialism. This text provides readings of post-colonial fiction, showing how imperialism shaped British national identity.

A revelatory biography of the American master as told through the lens of his greatest novel.