How Contemporary Novels Use Narrative Time To Counter Cultural Homogenization And Historical From Empire To Anthropocene, Betty Joseph Celebrates How Contemporary Fiction Contributes To A Novel Framing Of World Literature By Playing With Our Understanding Of Time. Bringing Together An Unusual Constellation Of Writers--including Jamaica Kincaid, Teju Cole, Hari Kunzru, And Barbara Kingsolver--joseph Traces How The Novelistic Interplay Of Concrete And Abstract Temporalities Offers A New Theory Of Critical Globality. Joseph Examines Time In Contemporary Life Through Five Conceptual Metaphors That Have Captivated Literary, Critical, And Cultural Studies: Specters, Attachments, Networks, Markets, And Assemblages.