{"product_id":"words-without-borders-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-writers-an-anthology-9781400079759","title":"Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the work of more than 28 writers from upwards of 20 countries, this collection\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etransports us to the frontiers of twenty-first century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, some of the most accomplished writers in world literature-among them Edwidge Danticat, Ha Jin, Cynthia Ozick, Javier Marias, and Nobel laureates Wole Soyinka, G nter Grass, Czeslaw Milosz, Wislawa Szymborska, and Naguib Mahfouz-have stepped forward to introduce us to dazzling literary talents virtually unknown to readers of English. Most of their work-short stories, poems, essays, and excerpts from novels-appears here in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman introduces us to a story of extraordinary poise and spiritual intelligence by the Argentinian writer Juan Forn. The Romanian writer Norman Manea shares with us the sexy, sinister, and thrillingly avant garde fiction of his homeland's leading female novelist. The Indian writer Amit Chaudhuri spotlights the Bengali writer Parashuram, whose hilarious comedy of manners imagines what might have happened if Britain had been colonized by Bengal. And Roberto Calasso writes admiringly of his fellow Italian Giorgio Manganelli, whose piece celebrates the Indian city of Madurai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery piece here-be it from the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, or the Caribbean-is a discovery, a colorful thread in a global weave of literary exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Samantha Schnee, Alane Salierno Mason, and Dedi Felman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400079759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.20w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/31\/2007 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alane Salierno Mason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45130954539189,"sku":"9781400079759","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7c6bab12-a564-4065-a080-4d96f3cc1a04.jpg?v=1740460053","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/words-without-borders-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-writers-an-anthology-9781400079759","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}