| Description |
xvi, 367 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Andre Dubus III -- Where are you running to? (China) / Ma Jian ; introduced by Jonathan Safran Foer ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew -- Meteorite mountain (China) / Can Xue ; introduced by Ha Jin ; translated from the Chinese by Zhe Hong -- Looking for the elephant (South Korea) / Jo Kyung Ran ; introduced by Don Lee ; translated from the Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl -- Children of the sky (Indonesia) / Seno Gumira Ajidarma ; introduced by Pramoedya Ananta Toer ; translated from the Indonesian by John H. McGlynn -- The scripture read backward (Bangladesh) / Parashuram ; introduced by Amit Chaudhuri ; translated from the Bengali by Sukanta Chaudhuri -- The unfinished game (Iran) / Goli Taraghi ; introduced by Francine Prose ; translated from the Persian by Zara Houshmand -- The day in Buenos Aires (Iraq) / Jabbar Yussin Hussin ; introduced by Alberto Manguel ; translated from the Arabic by Randa Jarrar -- Two poems (Syria) / Saniyya Saleh ; introduced by Adonis ; translated from the Arabic by Issa J. Boullata -- Faint hints of tranquillity (Palestine) / Adania Shibli ; introduced by Anton Shammas ; translated from the Arabic by Anton Shammas -- Shards of reality and glass (Palestine) / Hassan Khader ; introduced by Ahdaf Soueif ; translated from the Arabic by Ahdaf Soueif -- Drowsy haze (Egypt) / Gamal Al-Ghitani ; introduced by Naguib Mahfouz ; translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins -- The uses of English (Nigeria) / Akinwumi Isola ; introduced by Wole Soyinka -- from Provisional (Romania) / Gabriela Adamesteanu ; introduced by Norman Manea ; translated from the Romanian by Carrie Messenger -- Two poems (Bosnia) / Senadin Musabegović ; introduced by Aleksandar Hemon ; translated from the Bosnian by Ulviga Tanović -- from Experiment with India (Italy) / Giorgio Manganelli ; introduced by Roberto Calasso ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein -- from The fish of Berlin (Germany) / Eleonora Hummel ; introduced by Günter Grass ; translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky -- Seven poems (Poland) / Bronisław Maj ; introduced by the editors ; translated by Clare Cavanagh. |
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from His majesty, almighty Death (France) / Myriam Anissimov ; introduced by Cynthia Ozick ; translated from the French by C. Dickson -- from October 27, 2003 (France) / Etel Adnan ; introduced by Diana Abu Jaber ; translated from the French by C. Dickson with Etel Adnan -- Vietnam. Thursday (Norway) / Johan Harstad ; introduced by Heidi Julavits ; translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik -- Lightweight champ (Mexico) / Juan Villoro ; introduced by Javier Marías ; translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman -- The sheika's condition (Mexico) / Mario Bellatin ; introduced by Francisco Goldman ; translated from the Spanish by Cindy Schuster -- When I was a man (Mexico) / Ambar Past ; introduced by Elena Poniatowska ; translated from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee -- from Revulsion (El Salvador) / Horacio Castellanos Moya ; introduced by Roberto Bolaño ; translated from the Spanish by Beatriz Cortez -- The Chareron inheritance (Haiti) / Evelyne Trouillot ; introduced by Edwidge Danticat ; translated from the French by Avriel Goldberger -- from Kind's silence (Argentina) / Marcela Solá ; introduced by Luisa Valenzuela ; translated from the Spanish by Tobias Hecht -- Baked mud (Argentina) / Juan José Saer ; introduced by José Saramago ; translated from the Spanish by Sergio Waisman -- Swimming at night (Argentina) / Juan Forn ; introduced by Ariel Dorfman ; translated from the Spanish by Marina Harss. |
| Summary |
Contains English translations of twenty-eight pieces of literature by authors from all over the world, including Ariel Dorfman, Aleksandar Hemon, Francine Prose, Wole Soyinka, and more. |
| Local Note |
WNDSR Gift of Windsor/Windsor Locks Rotary in honor of Matthew Ryan. |
| Subject |
Literature -- Translations into English.
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Mason, Alane Salierno, 1964-
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Felman, Dedi.
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Schnee, Samantha.
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| Added Title |
Words without borders.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Words without borders. New York : Anchor Books, 2007 (OCoLC)647237022 |
| ISBN |
9781400079759 |
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1400079756 |
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