Into the Widening World

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.

Stories

South America and the Caribbean "Columba"- Michelle Cliff Jamaica "Weight-Reducing Diet"- Jorge Edwards Chile "On Sunday"- Mario Vargas Argentina "Artificial Roses"- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Colombia "The Raffle"- V. S. Naipaul Trinidad

North America "Exchange Value"- Charles Johnson United States "Borders"- Thomas King Canada "Saints"- Bharati Mukherjee United States "The Turkey Season"- Alice Munro Canada

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

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

Asia and the South Pacific "American Dreams"- Peter Carey Australia "In Broad Daylight"- Ha Jin China "Mr. Tang's Girls"- Shirley Geok-lin Lim Malaysia "Martyrdom"- Yukio Mishima Japan "One Sunday"- Rohinton Mistry India Babaru, the Family- B. Wongar Australia

Editing and publication

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

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