Explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks
Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in relation to the specific problems of writing about such a visually spectacular `event` that has had enormous global implications. Other chapters analyse initial responses to 9/11, the intriguing tensions between fiction and non-fiction, the challenge of describing traumatic history and the ways in which the terrorist attacks have been discussed culturally in the decade since September 11.
Key Features
Contributes to the growing literature on 9/11, presenting an over-view of some of the main texts that have represented the attacks and their aftermath
Focus on Don DeLillo: adds to the literature surrounding this major American novelist
Focus on Martin Amis: adds to the growing critical work on this much discussed British novelist and essayist
Man on Wire: provides a critical analysis of this Oscar winning film regarding its oblique references to 9/11

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction: `Eyewitnesses, Conspiracies & Baudrillard`; 1. `Beyond Belief`: McEwan, DeLillo & 110 Stories; 2. `Total Malignancy, Militant Irony`: Martin Amis, The Second Plane; 3. `You Know How It Ends`: Metafiction & 9/11 in Windows on the World; 4. `A Wing And A Prayer`: Simon Armitage, Out of the Blue; 5. `A Certain Blurring of the Facts`: Man on Wire & 9/11; 6. `He Is Consoling, She Is Distraught`: Men & Women & 9/11 in The Mercy Seat & The Guys; 7. `Everything Seemed To Mean Something`: Signifying 9/11 in Don DeLillo`s The Falling Man; Conclusion: `I Am A Lover Of America`; Notes; Bibliography.

About the autor:

Martin Randall is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire. His PhD concerned the representation of the Holocaust in contemporary British fiction.