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

by Prescott, Lynda

• ISBN13: 9780230202085
• ISBN10: 023020208X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

"This anthology brings together an international selection of short stories by distinguished modern writers from five continents (America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe). 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 (Nadine Gordimer, V.S. Naipaul); masters of the short story (Raymond Carver, Mavis Gallant, William Trevor); and a younger generation of late twentieth-century writers on their way to establishing international reputations (Ana Menendez, Zadie Smith). Each story is introduced by a photographic and biographic portrait of its author".

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface
The Ultimate Safari	p. 1
In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd	p. 15
The Joy Luck Club	p. 37
What Do You Do in San Francisco?	p. 63
Mt Sumarsono	p. 75
The Last Mohican	p. 93
The End of the World	p. 121
The Distant Past	p. 133
American Dreams	p. 147
Bella Makes Life	p. 163
Martha, Martha	p. 175
Pit Strike	p. 195
Storm Petrel	p. 219
Squatter	p. 229
One out of Many	p. 257
Selected Further Reading	p. 295
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