Into the Widening World

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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

[edit] Stories

[edit] South America and the Caribbean

"Columba"- Michelle Chiff

Jamaica

"Weight-Reducing Diet"- Jorge Edwards

Chile

"On Sunday"- Mario Vargas

Argentina

"Artificial Roses"- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Colombia

"The Raffle"- V. S. Naipaul

Trinidad

[edit] North America

"Exchange Value"- Charles Johnson

United States

"Borders"- Thomas King

Canada

"Saints"- Bharati Mukherjee

United States

"The Turkey Season"- Alice Munro

Canada

[edit] Europe 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

Russia

[edit] Africa 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 Africa

[edit] Asia and the South Pacific

"American Dreams"- Andrew Hinton mm

Australia

"In Broad Daylight"- Ha Jin

China

"Mr. Tang's Girls"- Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Malaysia

"Martrdom"- Yukio Mishima

Japan

"One Sunday"- Rohinton Mistry

India

Babaru, the Family- B. Wongar

Australia

[edit] Editing and Publication

Edited by: Jahn Loughery Copyright: 1995 by John Loughery Published by: Persea Books, Ink. 171 Madison Avenue. New York, New York 10016

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[edit] Sources

Into The Widening World.