Life from elsewhere
Subtitle: journeys through world literature
By: introduction: Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781782271895
Subjects: Literature; Translations into English; Modern Literature
Description: "Writers in Translation, established in 2005 and supported by Bloomberg and Arts Council England, champions the best literature from around the world. To mark the programme's tenth anniversary, ten leading writers from around the world, many of whom have been supported in their work by English PEN, explore the themes of movement, freedom and narrative. Introduced by Amit Chaudhuri, the collection includes contributions from: Asmaa al Ghul Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Chan Koonchung Hanna Krall Andrey Kurkov Valeria Luiselli Andres Neuman Alain Mabanckou Samar Yazbek."--Wheelers.co.nz.
Notes: Translated into English from several languages.
Table of contents: title: The Dream Called Africa  -- Alain Mabangkou; title: A Compass with Two Souths  -- Andrés Neuman; title: To Understand a Culture Is Difficult, but ...  -- Chan Koonghung; title: Lily  -- Ayelet Gundar-Goshen; title: Divisions or Unity? Art and the Reality behind the Stereotype  -- Samar Yazbek; title: When Ideas Fall in Line  -- Asmaa Al-Ghul; title: Literature: Forbidden, Defied  -- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi; title: "Love" and "Oblivion"  -- Hanna Krall; title: Sea of Voices -- Andrey Kurkov-- A Rallying Cry for Cosmopolitan Europe /-- Elif Shafak.