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Using Vladimir Nabokov and Salman Rushdie´s work, this study argues that transnational fiction refuses the simple oppositions of postcolonial theory and suggests the possibility of an inclusive global literature.

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Introduction: Hybridity and Transnational Fiction Alternate Worlds Vladimir Nabokov´s Invented Americas Realism, Relativity, and Frames of Reference in Ada and Pale Fire Cosmopolitanism and the Shiv Sena in Midnight´s Children and The Moor´s Last Sigh Authority, Self, and Community in The Satanic Verses What Actually Happens: Degrees of Reality in The Ground Beneath Her Feet Conclusion: Incest, Monsters, and the ´International Fraternity´

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´Trousdale writes with wit, is alert to illuminating details, and sustains and develops her argument effectively - making this a valuable addition to collections supporting study of contemporary fiction and world literature. [...] Highly recommended.´ - Choice

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RACHEL TROUSDALE is Associate Professor of English at Agnes Scott College, USA.

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