
A World of Difference
An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents
Lynda Prescott(Author)
Red Globe Press
Published on 2. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-230-20208-5 (ISBN)
Description
An international selection of 15 short stories by distinguished modern writers including Peter Carey, Zadie Smith and Bernard Malamud. Featuring the theme of 'difference', each story has something to say about cultural encounters, often arising from experiences of migration or uprooting. With biographic and photographic portraits.
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Edition
2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
347 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-20208-5 (9780230202085)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-11037-4
Schweitzer Classification
Person
LYNDA PRESCOTT is Senior Lecturer in Literature, The Open University, UK.
Content
General Preface.- The Ultimate Safari; N.Gordimer.- In Cuba I was a German Shepherd; A.Menendez.- The Joy Luck Club; A.Tan.- What Do You Do in San Francisco?; R.Carver.- Mr Sumarsono; R.Robinson.- The Last Mohican; B.Malamud.- The End of the World; M.Gallant.- The Distant Past; W.Trevor.- American Dreams; P.Carey.- Bella Makes Life; L.Goodison.- Martha, Martha; Z.Smith.- Pit Strike; A.Sillitoe.- Storm Petrel; R.Gunesekera.- Squatter; R.Mistry.- One Out of Many; V.S.Naipaul.