Contemporary Immigrant Short Fiction (Critical Insights)

The life of an immigrant living in America is a difficult one, as immigrants often find themselves struggling with their families, their sense of identity, and the balance between past and present cultures. Essays in this volume review and analyze contemporary short stories by such authors as Junot Diaz, Sui Sin Far, William Saroyan, Isaac Bashevis, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat, Yi-yun Li, Ernesto Quiñonez, and Ha Jin. //////////////////////////////// Critical Contexts -- O. E. Rølvaag in His Various Historical Contexts / Solveig Zempel -- American Immigrant Short Fiction: An Overview of Recent Critical Resources / Robert C. Evans -- Formalism and Latino "Flash Fiction," / Robert C. Evans -- Forbidden Desires: Interracial Relationships in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri's Short Fiction / Anupama Arora -- Critical Readings -- Divinity and Ekphrasis: DeLillo's Short Fiction, 1990 to 2015 / John Paul Russo -- Somewhat Queer Triangles: Yiyun Li's "The Princess of Nebraska" and "Gold Boy, Emerald Girl," / King-Kok Cheung -- Migrant Writes: A Reading of Ha Jin's Short Fiction Collections Under the Red Flag and A Good Fall / Te-Hsing Shan -- "Even the dead make noises": Silence and Language in Ernesto Quinonez's Stories / Bridget Kevane -- Heroic Insecurity in Junot Diaz's Drown and This Is How You Lose Her / David A. Colon -- Resignifying Wounds through Silences in Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker / Rebecca Fuchs -- Constructed Island: Experimentation and Reference in Ana Menendez's Adios, Happy Homeland! / Alli Carlisle -- Artistry, Thematic Criticism, and Two Short Stories / Robert C. Evans -- Irony and Epistolary Form in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's "Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter" and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Thing Around Your Neck," / Maryse Jayasuriya -- Immigration, Irony, and Vision in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies / Brian Yothers -- Resources.