{"product_id":"9781400079759","title":"Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers: An Anthology","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMason, Alane Salierno; Felman, Dedi; Schnee, Samantha\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\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, Günter 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","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350914793727,"sku":"9781400079759","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781400079759_s600x595.jpg?v=1782316776","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781400079759","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}