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Contemporary world fiction, a guide to literature in translation, Juris Dilevko, Keren Dali, and Glenda Garbutt

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Contemporary world fiction, a guide to literature in translation, Juris Dilevko, Keren Dali, and Glenda Garbutt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Contemporary world fiction

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

706467130

Responsibility statement

Juris Dilevko, Keren Dali, and Glenda Garbutt

Sub title

a guide to literature in translation

Summary

What people in North America learn about other cultures and countries is often filtered through Western perspectives and sensibilities. One way to get beyond that sometimes-one-dimensional view is to sample stories of other countries and cultures as told by people who live in those lands and speak their languages

Table Of Contents

1. Africa: African Vernacular, Afrikaans, French, and Portuguese -- 2. The Arab World: Middle East, Trans-Caucasus, and Western/Central Asia -- 3. East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea -- 4. South Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Other South Asian Countries -- 5. The Mediterranean: Greece, Israel, and Italy -- 6. Russia and Central and Eastern Europe -- 7. The Iberian Peninsula and Latin America -- 8. Northern Europe: Low Countries, Scandinavia, and Baltic Countries -- 9. Western Europe: Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, French-Speaking Belgium, and French-Speaking Caribbean

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