Critical Overview and Conclusion

This chapter offers a critical survey of readings and receptions of Abani’s works. It brings together the main articles and essay on the topic, and provides important guidance for those approaching Abani’s literary output for the first time or for whoever is willing to browse secondary sources. While critical material is usually devoted to a single novel or novella, this chapter organizes secondary sources in a more organic way, so that a dialogue between different studies can emerge. The survey also summarizes the findings of the book’s individual chapters and the most innovative elements in Abani’s writing, such as issues of necropolitics, biopolitics, gender, performativity, and human and environmental rights. This last chapter discusses both canonical and newer approaches to the texts, possibly pointing to future directions in research focusing on Abani’s work.