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27%OFFLynda Prescott - A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents - 9780230202085 - V9780230202085
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A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents

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Description for A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Prescott, Lynda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.

An essential anthology of fifteen short stories which provides students with an international selection of works by acclaimed modern writers: from Nobel Laureates (Nadine Gordimer, V. S. Naipaul), to masters of the short story (Raymond Carver, Mavis Gallant, William Trevor), to a younger generation of writers on their way to establishing worldwide reputations (Zadie Smith, Ana Menéndez). Featuring the theme of 'difference', each story has something to say about cultural encounters, often arising from experiences of migration or uprooting. Their predominantly realist temper promotes vivid, imaginative connections between the worlds of fiction and the worlds of its readers.

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Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230202085
SKU
V9780230202085
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-22

About Lynda Prescott
LYNDA PRESCOTT is Senior Lecturer in Literature, The Open University, UK.

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