Coming of age around the world : a multicultural anthology / edited by Faith Adiele and Mary Frosch.
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TextPublication details: New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2007.Description: xviii, 300 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: - 1595580808
- 9781595580801
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Coming of Age in America , this collection of twenty-four stories from around the world is a wonderful introduction to literature rarely available to American readers. Editors Faith Adiele and Mary Frosch magnificently chart the global quest for identity, and make a strong case for the personal and political importance of sharing our stories as they consider whether coming of age is a Western--or universal--concept.
Featuring an array of voices from every continent, this anthology includes luminaries like Ben Okri and Chang-rae Lee, as well as recent bestsellers Marjane Satrapi and Alexandra Fuller, in addition to a variety of authors renowned abroad but less well known to North American audiences. The diversity extends to form, encompassing fiction and memoir, graphics, lyric prose, and tales in pidgin and patois.
The world presented is complex and current, some inhabitants routinely switching country and language, others trapped by global events that shape us all. Detailed introductions provide historical and cultural context, particularly for Africa and the Muslim world.
Includes bibliographical references.
Displaced childhood (growing up on foreign soil). from Shadows of a childhood / Elisabeth Gille -- "The glade with life-giving water" / Juozas Aputis -- from Don't let's go to the dogs tonight : an African childhood. "Getting there : Zambia, 1987" / Alexandra Fuller -- from The devil that danced on the water : a daughter's quest / Aminattra Forna.
Family. "Of white hairs and cricket" / Rohinton Mistry -- "Shadows on the wall" / Charles Mungoshi -- "Black men" / Faith Adiele -- "In Heaven" / Guadalupe Dueñas -- "Shoes for the rest of my life" / Guadalupe Dueñas.
In the shadow of war. "In the shadow of war" / Ben Okri -- from Notes from the hyena's belly : an Ethiopian boyhood. "A reluctant guerrilla" / Nega Mezlekia -- from Catfish and Mandala : a two-wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of Vietnam. "Last-gamble" / Andrew X. Pham -- "Everything in this country must" / Colum McCann.
Meeting the other. "Tapka" / David Bezmozgis -- from Buxton spice / Oonya Kempadoo -- "The lost child : an Algerian childhood" / Albert Bensoussan -- "Closer" / David Malouf.
School days. from Baby no-eyes. "Kura" / Patricia Grace -- from Rites : a Guatemalan boyhood. "Kindergarten" / Victor Perera -- "Beets" / Tiffany Midge -- from School days / Patrick Chamoiseau.
Self-discovery. "On the road at eighteen" / Yu Hua -- "Sea urchin" / Chang-rae Lee -- from Persepolis : the story of a childhood. "The veil" / Marjane Satrapi -- "The women's swimming pool" / Hanan al-Shaykh.