Hyperbolic Realism

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Sellami's detective work here is just as carefully considered as the authors whom he chooses to recognize as exceptional ... As usual, [Sellami's] perspicacity gives new meaning to the notion of the subtle yet sinister simulacra within which we all currently seem to dwell. * Critics At Large * [This book] offers rewarding ideas about the ways in which the writers coming along in the wake of postmodernism - or those who have lived through the various stages of postmodern literature, like Pynchon and Bolano - have both embraced and rejected conventional realism as they work to portray the "strangely familiar, yet inherently excessive and uncontainable experiences" of life in the Anthropocene. * Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association * Samir Sellami writes with brilliant clarity and makes difficult arguments easy to follow. Philosophers and critical theorists should study his techniques. * Kathryn Hume, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emerita of English, Pennsylvania State University, USA * Samir Sellami has done all of us maximalists a sweet service by giving us a profound meditation on eschewing the limits of literary decorum with his masterful new book. * Embodied Meanings *