Coming of age around the world : a multicultural anthology /
Coming of age around the world : a multicultural anthology /
edited by Faith Adiele and Mary Frosch.
- New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2007.
- xviii, 300 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
from Shadows of a childhood / "The glade with life-giving water" / from Don't let's go to the dogs tonight : an African childhood. "Getting there : Zambia, 1987" / from The devil that danced on the water : a daughter's quest / Elisabeth Gille -- Juozas Aputis -- Alexandra Fuller -- Aminattra Forna. Displaced childhood (growing up on foreign soil). "Of white hairs and cricket" / "Shadows on the wall" / "Black men" / "In Heaven" / "Shoes for the rest of my life" / Rohinton Mistry -- Charles Mungoshi -- Faith Adiele -- Guadalupe Dueñas -- Guadalupe Dueñas. Family. "In the shadow of war" / from Notes from the hyena's belly : an Ethiopian boyhood. "A reluctant guerrilla" / from Catfish and Mandala : a two-wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of Vietnam. "Last-gamble" / "Everything in this country must" / Ben Okri -- Nega Mezlekia -- Andrew X. Pham -- Colum McCann. In the shadow of war. "Tapka" / from Buxton spice / "The lost child : an Algerian childhood" / "Closer" / David Bezmozgis -- Oonya Kempadoo -- Albert Bensoussan -- David Malouf. Meeting the other. from Baby no-eyes. "Kura" / from Rites : a Guatemalan boyhood. "Kindergarten" / "Beets" / from School days / Patricia Grace -- Victor Perera -- Tiffany Midge -- Patrick Chamoiseau. School days. "On the road at eighteen" / "Sea urchin" / from Persepolis : the story of a childhood. "The veil" / "The women's swimming pool" / Yu Hua -- Chang-rae Lee -- Marjane Satrapi -- Hanan al-Shaykh. Self-discovery.
1595580808 9781595580801
2007005458
GBA719083 bnb
013689619 Uk
Children--Literary collections.
Includes bibliographical references.
from Shadows of a childhood / "The glade with life-giving water" / from Don't let's go to the dogs tonight : an African childhood. "Getting there : Zambia, 1987" / from The devil that danced on the water : a daughter's quest / Elisabeth Gille -- Juozas Aputis -- Alexandra Fuller -- Aminattra Forna. Displaced childhood (growing up on foreign soil). "Of white hairs and cricket" / "Shadows on the wall" / "Black men" / "In Heaven" / "Shoes for the rest of my life" / Rohinton Mistry -- Charles Mungoshi -- Faith Adiele -- Guadalupe Dueñas -- Guadalupe Dueñas. Family. "In the shadow of war" / from Notes from the hyena's belly : an Ethiopian boyhood. "A reluctant guerrilla" / from Catfish and Mandala : a two-wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of Vietnam. "Last-gamble" / "Everything in this country must" / Ben Okri -- Nega Mezlekia -- Andrew X. Pham -- Colum McCann. In the shadow of war. "Tapka" / from Buxton spice / "The lost child : an Algerian childhood" / "Closer" / David Bezmozgis -- Oonya Kempadoo -- Albert Bensoussan -- David Malouf. Meeting the other. from Baby no-eyes. "Kura" / from Rites : a Guatemalan boyhood. "Kindergarten" / "Beets" / from School days / Patricia Grace -- Victor Perera -- Tiffany Midge -- Patrick Chamoiseau. School days. "On the road at eighteen" / "Sea urchin" / from Persepolis : the story of a childhood. "The veil" / "The women's swimming pool" / Yu Hua -- Chang-rae Lee -- Marjane Satrapi -- Hanan al-Shaykh. Self-discovery.
1595580808 9781595580801
2007005458
GBA719083 bnb
013689619 Uk
Children--Literary collections.