A penetrating study of novels by Grass, Garcia Márquez, Kundera, and others, Atrocity and Amnesia illuminates contemporary fiction and political thought.
In this penetrating study, Boyers not only illuminates some of the major novels of our time, but makes an important contribution to contemporary political thought.
A rara avis in modern literary academia....It speaks well for both Boyers' critical intelligence and his integrity that he never uses simplistic labels...as a basis for his aesthetic judgment. He evaluates not the writer's views, but the literary use he makes of them....The strength of his book lies in his approach to each writer, regardless of his or her particular views.
