1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgement V
3. Contents VII
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Literature review: Landscape’s revenge 11
6. 3. From the unreal to the apocalypse: The landscape as a function of language and narrative in Walser and Carvalho 47
7. 4. The disappearing act: Moving towards the margins 110
8. 5. How to do things with fire: The desert as landscape’s final revenge and as the culmination of Walser’s and Carvalho’s literary projects 158
9. 6. The desert for conclusion 242
10. References 248