A Stranger Among Us
Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection
Published on 2. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-9767177-3-7 (ISBN)
Description
Thirty acclaimed writers of international fiction explore the stranger in tales of cultural clashes and bonds. These stories of disparate experience travel beyond politics and multicultural manners to become an essential discussion of otherness. Contributors include Nathan Englander, Laila Lalami, Ana Menendez, Josip Novakovich, Wanda Coleman, Tony d'Souza, Samrat Upadhyay, Mary Yukari Waters, Luis Alfaro, and Amanda Eyre Ward, as well as other accomplished writers from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe, some published for the first time in the United States.
Reviews / Votes
"With an eye to short stories stemming from diverse cultures and exploring the state of outsiderness, editor Bierlein has selected 30 vibrant, unpredictable, and magnetic works that together span the spectrum from funny to tragic, earthy to rarefied."--Booklist "This anthology of international fiction explodes with unexpected combinations of place, ethnicity, and nationality."--Utne Reader "Engaging, moving, and well-written."--Library Journal "A vigorous, humorous, heartbreaking collection from many of the planet's finest and underrepresented writers. A Stranger Among Us reminds us that the world is redefined daily by the struggles and accommodations of its migrating peoples."--Cristina Garcia, author of A Handbook for Luck, The Aguero Sisters, and Dreaming in Cuban "This book contains the work of some of the contemporary writers I most admire and, now, many new favorites. These stories are as sad as they are funny, and as heartening as they are painful. In some sense, all literature is about collision, and it is this collection's great virtue to remind us that collision and connection are not antonyms but rather stages in the same necessary process."--Tom Bissell, author of The Father of All Things, God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Chasing the SeaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
Dzanc Books
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-9767177-3-7 (9780976717737)
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Persons
Stacy Bierlein is a founding editor of OV Books and served as a contributing editor to the award-winning literary magazine Other Voices. Her current fiction, essays, and book reviews appear in various publications, including Standards: An International Journal of Multicultural Studies. She lives in Southern California. Aimee Liu is the author of the bestselling international novels Flash House, Cloud Mountain, and Face; as well as the memoirs, Solitaire, and Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders. Her work has been translated into more than eight languages. She teaches at Goddard College's Port Townsend MFA Program in Creative Writing.