Novels for students. Volume 49 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.| [Gale electronic resource]
Publication Info.
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]
Atonement -- The beautiful and damned / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Catalyst / Laurie Halse Anderson -- A grain of wheat / Ngugiwa Thiongo -- Heart of Aztlan / Rudolfo A. Anaya -- Homeless bird / Gloria Whelan -- The inheritance of loss / Kiran Desai -- Linden Hills / Gloria Naylor -- The Maltese falcon -- My year of meats / Ruth L. Ozeki -- Nineteen minutes / Jodi Picoult -- Song yet sung / James McBride -- The storyteller / Mario Vargas Llosa -- Tobacco road / Erskine Caldwell.
Summary
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.