On the generic level I show that there are genres, such as the novel, that are particularly well suited to interlingual transfer. The final chapter develops a theory of the global novel, which brings together the five means of transnational evocation introduced before (chapter 2 – 6 ). The question of genre also deals with transborder evocation or addressing. The global novel is defined in three ways: as a combination of the various types of evocation (using the example of novels of contemporary German literature); in terms of style and procedure (for which I discuss relevant concepts by Umberto Eco, among others); and as a  form of multiperspectival storytelling. The third way of solidifying the global category is achieved through the narrative process. Globality can be produced through the appropriate handling of the narrative perspective, and multiperspectivalism is the preferred way to generate a global narrative. In this context, Ilija Trojanow’s The Collector of Worlds (2006) will be analyzed.