In the Country of Last Things is a dystopian epistolary novel written by American author Paul Auster and first published in 1987.

A dystopian epistolary novel. In the Country of Last Things takes the form of a letter from a young woman named Anna Blume to a childhood friend. Anna has ventured into an unnamed city that has collapsed into chaos and disorder. In this bleak environment, no industry takes place and most of the population collects garbage or scavenges for objects to resell.

Epistolarity: approaches to a form

In this first book-length treatment of the broad topic of epistolary fiction, Dr. Altman explores the structures of mediation, confidentiality, readership, closure, discourse, and narrativity that make it possible to specify epistolary fiction as a genre, and uses these to ground interpretations of individual works.  Dr. Altman’s conclusion establishes the foundations for a general analysis of the formal and historical permutations of the genre within the framework of current narratological study, and her generously full critical bibliography will constitute a valuable tool for further investigation.

 

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Writing of the Heart and the Epistolary Form - The Case of Richardson's Clarissa

A university booklet for the students of literary criticism. Contains a set of essays devoted to the interpretation of "Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady" - a novel by Samuel Richardson written in the eighteenth century. The interpretation is based on the epistolary form. See the table of content for full information.