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One World
Author: Chris Brazier (Editor)

This book is made up of twenty-three stories, each from a different author from across the globe. All belong to one world, united in their diversity and ethnicity. And together they have one aim: to involve and move the reader. — The range of authors takes in such literary greats as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri, and emerging authors... more » such as Elaine Chiew, Petina Gappah, and Henrietta Rose-Innes.

The concept of One World is often a multi-colored tapestry into which sundry, if not contending patterns can be woven. for those of us who worked on this project, One World goes beyond the everyday notion of the globe as a physical geographic entity. Rather, we understand it as a universal idea, one that transcends national boundaries to comment on the most prevailing aspects of the human condition.

This attempt to redefine the borders of the world we live in through the short story recognizes the many conflicting issues of race, language, economy, gender and ethnicity, which separate and limit us. We readily acknowledge, however, that regardless of our differences or the disparities in our stories, we are united by our humanity.

We invite the reader on a personal journey across continents, countries, cultures and landscapes, to reflect on these beautiful, at times chaotic, renditions on the human experience. We hope the reach of this path will transcend the borders of each story, and perhaps function as an agent of change.

Includes Leng Lui is for pretty lady / Elaine Chiew (Malaysia); Kelemo's woman / Molara Wood (Nigeria); The way of the machete / Martin A. Ramos (Puerto Rico); Porcelain / Henrietta Rose-Innes (South Africa); The rich people's school / Lauri Kubuitsile (Botswana); My mother, the crazy African / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria); Ishwari's children / Shabnam Nadiya (Bangladesh); Air mail / Ravi Mangla (United States); Growing my hair again / Chika Unigwe (Nigeria); Honor of a woman / Dipita Kwa (Cameroon); The kettle on the boat / Vanessa Gebbie (Wales); Melancholy nights in a Tokyo cyber café / Sequoia Nagamatsu (United States); Among strangers / Jude Dibia (Nigeria); A boy and his kite / Konstantinos Tzikas (Greece); Before tonde, after tonde / Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe); Retrenched / Ken N. Kamoche (Kenya); The volunteer / Lucinda Nelson Dhavan (India); The albino / Adetokunbo Gbenga Abiola (Nigeria); Fireweed / Skye Brannon (United States); Cow hearted / Wadzanai Mhute (Zimbabwe); Maryanne clouds today / Ivan Gabriel Rehorek (Australia); Homeless / Ovo Adagha (Nigeria): The third and final continent / Jhumpa Lahiri (United States).

ISBN-13: 9781906523138
ISBN-10: 1906523134
Publication Date: 5/1/2009
Pages: 192
Rating:

Currently 4/5 Stars.

4 stars, based on 2 ratings

Publisher: New Internationalist
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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Literature & Fiction >> General >> Literary
Literature & Fiction >> Short Stories & Anthologies >> Anthologies
Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Anthologies

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