Status
Available
Call number
Genres
Collection
Publication
Signet Classics (2002), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 480 pages
Description
A fascinating collection of 25 multicultural stories from writers such as Chinua Achebe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Yukio Mishima, Isabel Allende, and many others.
Language
Original language
Multiple languages
Physical description
480 p.; 4.17 x 1.3 inches
ISBN
0451528409 / 9780451528407
Local notes
Chinua ACHEBE: Civil Peace. Nadine GORDIMER: Africa Emergent. Bessie HEAD: The Collector of Treasures. Charles MUNGOSHI: Who Will Stop the Dark?. Ngugi wa THIONG'O: A Meeting in the Dark. Wang ANYI: The Destination. Ding LING: Sketches From the "Cattle Shed". Wang MENG: Kite streamers. Chen RONG: Regarding the Problem of Newborn Piglets in Winter. Lu WENFU: The Man from a Peddlers' Family. Anita DESAI: Pigeons at Daybreak. Mahasweta DEVI: Dhowli. Ruth Prawer JHABVALA: The Interview. R.K. NARAYAN: A Horse and Two Goats. Khushwant SINGH: The Wog. Kōbō ABE: The Magic Chalk. Sawako ARIYOSHI: The Tomoshibi. Yasunari KAWABATA: The moon on the Water. Yukio MISHIMA: Act of Worship. Yūko TSUSHIMA: The Silent Traders. Isabel ALLENDE: Clarisa. Jorge Luis BORGES: The Book of Sand. Carlos FUENTES: The Cost of Living. Gabriel García MARQUEZ: Death Constant Beyond Love. Luisa VALENZUELA: Papito's Story