The Heart of a Stranger
André Naffis-Sahely
A fascinatingly diverse anthology of writing about exile, from the myths of Ancient Egypt to contemporary poetryExile lies at the root of our earliest stories. From the biblical books of Genesis and Exodus to the Flight of the Irish Earls and Emma Goldman's travails in the wake of the First Red Scare, this fascinatingly diverse selection of writings on exile weaves an intricate and multi-faceted story of expulsions and migrations.The Heart of a Stranger is a miniature history of humanity as seen through the prison of exile, offering a uniquely varied look at a theme both ancient and urgently contemporary. Edited and translated by poet, critic and translator André Naffis-Sahely, this anthology collects poetry, fiction and non-fiction from six continents and over a hundred contributors, to pose urgent questions about the art of literature and the trampling of human rights. Together, the voices in these pages form an energetic polemic about human endurance in the face of...
წელი:
2019
გამომცემლობა:
Pushkin Press
ენა:
english
ISBN 10:
1782274278
ISBN 13:
9781782274278
ფაილი:
EPUB, 535 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2019