"This book will be of particular interest to scholars of genre theory, frame theory, and cognitive narratology."—American Literature
"This is an excellent, well-written introduction to unnatural narratology and a useful starting point for non-specialists as well as narrative theorists."—J.J. Donahue, Choice
"A valuable contribution to the fields of narratology, literary theory, and literary history."—Felicitas Meifert-Menhard, AAA
"Jan Alber's book offers a remarkably persuasive discussion of the differences between fictional worlds and the actual one."—Thomas Pavel, Modern Philology
"A fascinating project. . . . Alber's book deserves to be recognized and read."—David Toomey, Kritikon Litterarum
"Unnatural Narrative provides students and lay readers with insightful interpretations of different unnatural narrative features in selected English and American literary texts and films, and can be highly recommended as an introduction to applied narratological analysis."—Roland Weidle, Anglistik
“Written accessibly, Unnatural Narrative will be of interest not only to experts but also to students and to lay readers who puzzle over postmodernist texts. It can also serve many students as an up-to-date pilot into the discipline of narratology.”—Leona Toker, author of Towards the Ethics of Form in Fiction: Narratives of Cultural Remission
