Israeli Speculative Fiction: Beyond Is/real - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1805966820 ISBN 13 : 9781805966821

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2026

Synopsis

This collection of essays investigates both the elements that locate Israeli speculative fiction in relation to world speculative literature, and the features that render it unique. For decades, Israeli literary culture seemed to focus almost entirely on realistic genres; however, a closer examination reveals not only the prevalence of speculative literature in the country, but also its significance in shaping both enduring and emerging ideas about Israeli identities. Recognizing the significance of speculative literature in the reconfiguration of modern Israeli identities will expand and deepen conversations about the wider Israeli culture.

The book contains essays about temporality and spatiality, and explorations of work by seminal authors such as Etgar Keret and Orly Castel-Bloom, as well as Assaf Gavron, Shimon Adaf, Ishay Sarid, and Lavie Tidhar. It also includes unique perspectives on Palestinian Israeli speculative fiction and Israeli comics.

This volume invites readers to enter conversations about Israeli culture that go beyond discourses about what is real, and encounter, instead, discussions about how Israelis use speculative fiction to imagine what might be.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Elana Gomel is an Associate Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Tel-Aviv University and an award-winning fiction writer with numerous short stories, novellas and five novels.

Vered Weiss is Assistant Professor at The Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities, and is core faculty member of The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel at Michigan State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1805966820
• ISBN 13: 9781805966821
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 277
• Éditeur: Gomel Elana, Weiss Vered
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible