Falling from the Past. Geographies of exceptionalism in two novels by Jay McInerney
Celebrating the glamorous 1980s, Jay McInerney has described the fall of the ambitions and delusions of yuppies in New York City. The vibrant atmosphere of his debut novel (Bright Lights, Big City, 1984) comes to a sudden end in Brightness Falls (1987), where the 1987 stock market crash is prophesie...
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Università degli Studi di Milano
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Altre Modernità |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/1295 |