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Abstract The book “Cultural Hybridization in the Contemporary Novel” attempts a bold feat: to present, out of a diversity of works in contemporary English language literature, some books that are truly valuable for the reader. It invites us to ponder on some of the hottest topics the world is currently facing, including the mixture of cultures, migration and its consequences on today’s culture and literature, the longing for home and its spiritual meaning.

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  • The book Cultural Hybridization in the Contemporary Novel attempts a bold undertaking: to present, out of a diversity of works in contemporary literature, which were written in the English language, a few of the books that are truly valuable for the reader

  • Some of them are interesting because cultural hybridization is a key feature of their writings

  • The reason the above-mentioned writers were chosen was the fact that this biographical accident contributed to the aesthetic value of their works

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The book Cultural Hybridization in the Contemporary Novel attempts a bold undertaking: to present, out of a diversity of works in contemporary literature, which were written in the English language, a few of the books that are truly valuable for the reader. Some of them are interesting because cultural hybridization is a key feature of their writings. Cultural hybridization is not the only feature Rushdie, Ishiguro and Ondaatje exhibit; the trait is doubled – or rather, reinforced, by the aesthetic criterion.

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