The articles in this volume follow the itineraries or trajectories of the

contemporary novel in English, looking thoroughly into the study of the

creation of a book, and more particularly the various steps of its

elaboration, from the writing process with its succession of drafts and

rewritings, the making-of, the conception of the book itself, the

relationship with publishers and agents, to the final exploitation by mass-media,

the reading of the book, the phenomenon of literary awards,

translations, film and television adaptations. The novels analysed range

from the early twentieth century to early twenty-first century, and belong

to both British and post-colonial or new literatures from South-Africa,

Canada and India. The volume includes lectures by and debates with

British writer David Lodge and South African author André Brink.