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Into the Widening World is a collection of 26 short fictional coming-of-age stories. It was written by many authors including: Nadine Gordimer, Ben Okri, Bharati Mukherjee, Alice Munro and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Contents
South America and the Caribbean
"Columba"- Michelle Cliff
Jamaica"Weight-Reducing Diet"- Jorge Edwards
Chile"On Sunday"- Mario Vargas
Argentina"Artificial Roses"- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombia"The Raffle"- V. S. Naipaul
TrinidadNorth America
"Exchange Value"- Charles Johnson
United States"Borders"- Thomas King
Canada"Saints"- Bharati Mukherjee
United States"The Turkey Season"- Alice Munro
CanadaEurope and Russia
"The Gifts of War"- Margaret Drabble
Great Britain"The Nothingness Forest"- Margareta Ekstrom
Sweden"Christmas"- John McGahern
Ireland"That Wall, That Mimosa"- Merce Rodoreda
Catalonia/Spain"Date with a bird"- Tatyana Tolstaaya
RussiaAfrica and the Middle East
"Turkish Soldier from Edirne"- Missiim Aloni
Israel"Some Are Born to Sweet Delight"- Nadine Gordimer
South Africa"The Conjurer Made Off with the Dish"- Naguib Mahfouz
Egypt"Who Will Stop the Dark?"- Charles Mungoshi
Zimbabwe"In the Shadow of War"- Ben Okri
Nigeria"When the Train Comes"- Zoe Wicomb
South AfricaAsia and the South Pacific
"American Dreams"- Peter Carey mm
Australia"In Broad Daylight"- Ha Jin
China"Mr. Tang's Girls"- Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Malaysia"Martyrdom"- Yukio Mishima
Japan"One Sunday"- Rohinton Mistry
IndiaBabaru, the Family- B. Wongar
AustraliaEditing and publication
Edited by: John Loughery Copyright: 1995 by John Loughery Published by: Persea Books, Ink. 171 Madison Avenue. New York, New York 10016
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