{"product_id":"alternate-history-1","title":"Alternate History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre,such as Philip K. Dick's \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the High Castle \u003c\/em\u003eand Philip Roth's \u003cem\u003eThe Plot against America\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as less widely-discussed manifestations of the genre, such as Dieter Kühn's \u003cem\u003eN, \u003c\/em\u003eChristian Kracht's \u003cem\u003eIch werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten\u003c\/em\u003e, and Quentin Tarantino's film \u003cem\u003eInglourious Basterds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57335208739160,"sku":"9783110272178","price":139.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110272178_83d4e38e-87a8-4e95-8d02-e8adca7056c7.jpg?v=1780041618","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/alternate-history-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}