South of South - An Anthology Devoted to the Humanity and Narrative of Migration

Informationen zum Autor Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a contributor to numerous literary magazines and the author of Tail of the Blue Bird and "Socks Ball," a short story highly commended by the 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing. He is a performance artist who reads on major stages around the world. Klappentext A collection of short fiction by international authors, this anthology asks artist émigrés to describe the forces that pushed them to places far away from home--and how they propel their fictional characters on similar journeys. The resulting stories reveal a rich tangle of motives for departure, including romantic dreams, big ambitions, family ties, and flight from poverty and persecution. The contributors include Niki Aguirre, Naomi Alderman, Tahmina Anam, Monica Arac de Nyeko, Brian Chikwava, Junot Diaz, Romesh Gunesekera, Nam Le, and Zoe Wicomb, all of whom explore the complexities of 21st-century migration in locales from Abidjan, Accra, and Cape Coast to Dijon, London, and Los Angeles.

Product details

• Authors: Nii Ayikwei (EDT) Parkes
• Assisted by: Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Editor), Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Editor)
• Publisher: Paul & co. publishing corporat
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9781845231545
• ISBN: 978-1-84523-154-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature