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This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many cultures and traditions.
· Over 1,000 annotated contemporary world fiction titles, featuring author's name; title; translator; publisher and place of publication; genre/literary style/story type; an annotation; related works by the author; subject keywords; and original language
· 9 introductory overviews about classic world fiction titles
· Extensive bibliographical essays about fiction traditions in other countries
· 5 indexes: annotated authors, annotated titles, translators, nations, and subjects/keywords
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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.
About the Author
Juris Dilevko is associate professor in the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Keren Dali, PhD, is assistant professor at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Glenda Garbutt received a master of information studies degree from the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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- PublisherLibraries Unlimited
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1591583535
- ISBN 13 9781591583530
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages556
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