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Other Voices, Other Vistas:: China, India, Japan, and Latin America

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ISBN13: 9780451528407
ISBN10: 0451528409
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This collection of contemporary multi-cultural fiction includes stories by: Bessie Head * Charles Mungoshi * Ngugi wa Thiong'o * Wang Anyi * Ding Ling * Wang Meng * Chen Rong * Lu Wenfu * Anita Desai * Mahasweta Devi * Ruth Prawer Jhabvala * R. K. Narayan * Khushwant Singh * Kobo Abe * Sawako Ariyoshi * Yasunari Kawabata * Yukio Mishima * Yuko Tsushima  * Carlos Fuentes * Luisa Valenzuela * Nadine Gordimer * Isabel Allende

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This collection of multi-cultural fiction includes short stories from around the globe by authors Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Chen Rong, Yukio Mishima, Isabel Allende, Nadine Gordimer, and 20 others. (June)
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Table of Contents

Other Voices, Other Vistas - Edited and with an Introduction by Barbara H. Solomon Introduction

African Stories

Chinua Achebe: Civil Peace

Nadine Gordimer: Africa Emergent

Bessie Head: The Collector of Treasures

Charles Mungoshi: Who Will Stop the Dark?

Ngugi wa Thiong'o: A Meeting in the Dark

Selected African Anthologies

Chinese Stories

Wang Anyi: The Destination

Ding Ling: Sketches from the "Cattle Shed"

Wang Meng: Kite Streamers

Chen Rong: Regarding the Problem of Newborn Piglets in Winter

Lu Wenfu: The Man from a Peddlers' Family

Selected Chinese Anthologies

Indian Stories

Anita Desai: Pigeons at Daybreak

Mahasweta Devi: Dhowli

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: The Interview

R.K. Narayan: A Horse and Two Goats

Kushwant Singh: The Wog

Selected Indian Anthologies

Japanese Stories

Kobo Abe: The Magic Chalk

Sawako Ariyoshi: The Tomoshibi

Yasunari Kawabata: The Moon on the Water

Yukio Mishima: Act of Worship

Yuko Tsushima: The Silent Traders

Selected Japanese Anthologies

Latin American Stories

Isabel Allende: Clarisa

Jorge Luis Borges: The Book of Sand

Carlos Fuentes: The Cost of Living

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Death Constant Beyond Love

Luisa Valenzuela: Papito's Story

Selected Latin American Anthologies

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Its a cool collection. Very educational and lots of morals. Excellent reading.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780451528407
Subtitle:
China, India, Japan, and Latin America
Introduction:
Solomon, Barbara H.
Introduction by:
Solomon, Barbara H.
Introduction:
Solomon, Barbara H.
Editor:
Solomon, Barbara H.
Author:
Various
Author:
Solomon, Barbara H.
Editor:
Solomon, Barbara H.
Publisher:
Signet Classics
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Short stories
Subject:
Short stories, latin american
Subject:
Short stories, african
Subject:
Short stories, indic
Subject:
Short stories, japanese
Subject:
Short stories, chinese
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Short stories -- Translations into English.
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
B-Mass Market
Series Volume:
#96-429
Publication Date:
20020601
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
7.06x4.24x1.33 in. .52 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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