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A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents

A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents

Alan Sillitoe
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"This anthology brings together an international selection of short stories by distinguished modern writers from five continents .
 
The fifteen stories collected here were all written in English within the last fifty years.  Each has something to say about cultural encounters, often arising from experiences of migration or uprooting.  In tone and mood the stories are as varied as in their geographical settings - their predominantly realist temper promotes vivid, imaginative connections between the worlds of fiction and the worlds of its readers.
 
The book's theme of 'difference' is echoed in the diversity of writers represented: Nobel Laureates ; masters of the short story ; and a younger generation of late twentieth-century writers on their way to establishing international reputations .
 
Each story is introduced by a photographic and biographic portrait of its author".


Contents:

The ultimate safari by Nadine Gordimer
In Cuba I was a German shepherd by Ana Menéndez
The joy luck club by Amy Tan
What do you do in San Francisco? by Raymond Carver
Mr Sumarsono by Roxana Robinson
The last Mohican by Bernard Malamud
The end of the world by Mavis Gallant
The distant past by William Trevor
American dreams by Peter Carey
Bella makes life by Lorna Goodison
Martha, Martha by Zadie Smith
Pit strike by Alan Sillitoe
Storm Petrel by Romesh Gunesekera
Squatter by Rohinton Mistry
One out of many by V.S. Naipaul
Language
English
Pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Release
July 15, 2008
ISBN
023020208X
ISBN 13
9780230202085

A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents

Alan Sillitoe
3.6/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
"This anthology brings together an international selection of short stories by distinguished modern writers from five continents .
 
The fifteen stories collected here were all written in English within the last fifty years.  Each has something to say about cultural encounters, often arising from experiences of migration or uprooting.  In tone and mood the stories are as varied as in their geographical settings - their predominantly realist temper promotes vivid, imaginative connections between the worlds of fiction and the worlds of its readers.
 
The book's theme of 'difference' is echoed in the diversity of writers represented: Nobel Laureates ; masters of the short story ; and a younger generation of late twentieth-century writers on their way to establishing international reputations .
 
Each story is introduced by a photographic and biographic portrait of its author".


Contents:

The ultimate safari by Nadine Gordimer
In Cuba I was a German shepherd by Ana Menéndez
The joy luck club by Amy Tan
What do you do in San Francisco? by Raymond Carver
Mr Sumarsono by Roxana Robinson
The last Mohican by Bernard Malamud
The end of the world by Mavis Gallant
The distant past by William Trevor
American dreams by Peter Carey
Bella makes life by Lorna Goodison
Martha, Martha by Zadie Smith
Pit strike by Alan Sillitoe
Storm Petrel by Romesh Gunesekera
Squatter by Rohinton Mistry
One out of many by V.S. Naipaul
Language
English
Pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Release
July 15, 2008
ISBN
023020208X
ISBN 13
9780230202085

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