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Description:To mark ten years of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Alastair Niven, until recently Arts Council of England Literature Director and now Literature Director of the British Council, and Michael Schmidt assemble an anthology of work by some of the new and established writers who have been recognized by the Prize. Enigmas & Arrivals (its title borrowed from V. S. Naipaul) is a distinctive volume, a resource for general readers of fiction and for teachers and students of English language literatures. Here some of the best writing of a decade is presented, many of the writers choosing the work themselves. The editors provide an introduction and brief biographical and bibliographical notes.Contents: About the wedding feast / Ama Ata Aidoo --Stupid gringo / Louis de Bernières --The company I keep / Lindsey Collen --Visitors / John Cranna --from the ghosts of Vasu Master / Githa Hariharan --Rainbow voices / Adib Khan --A quarrelsome man / Pauline Melville --The portrait self / Alex Miller --The scream / Rohinton Mistry --My father's life / Mordecai Richler --You think I mad, Miss? / Olive Senior --Neem / Vikram Seth.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Enigmas and Arrivals: An Anthology of Commonwealth Writing. To get started finding Enigmas and Arrivals: An Anthology of Commonwealth Writing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 118

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Publisher: Carcanet

Release: 1997

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Description: To mark ten years of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Alastair Niven, until recently Arts Council of England Literature Director and now Literature Director of the British Council, and Michael Schmidt assemble an anthology of work by some of the new and established writers who have been recognized by the Prize. Enigmas & Arrivals (its title borrowed from V. S. Naipaul) is a distinctive volume, a resource for general readers of fiction and for teachers and students of English language literatures. Here some of the best writing of a decade is presented, many of the writers choosing the work themselves. The editors provide an introduction and brief biographical and bibliographical notes.Contents: About the wedding feast / Ama Ata Aidoo --Stupid gringo / Louis de Bernières --The company I keep / Lindsey Collen --Visitors / John Cranna --from the ghosts of Vasu Master / Githa Hariharan --Rainbow voices / Adib Khan --A quarrelsome man / Pauline Melville --The portrait self / Alex Miller --The scream / Rohinton Mistry --My father's life / Mordecai Richler --You think I mad, Miss? / Olive Senior --Neem / Vikram Seth.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Enigmas and Arrivals: An Anthology of Commonwealth Writing. To get started finding Enigmas and Arrivals: An Anthology of Commonwealth Writing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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