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Beinhaltet die Namen: Alane Mason, Alane Mason

Werke von Alane Salierno Mason

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Geburtstag
1964-06-05
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
USA
Wohnorte
New York, New York, USA
Organisationen
Words Without Borders (Founder)

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This book is great and I think more people should read it. It's nice to expose yourself to literature outside of your own country and outside of your own language.
 
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katebrarian | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Jul 28, 2020 |
This anthology is an unusual collection of writing that contains poetry as well as excerpts of literary fiction. What makes it different from other anthologies is that each section is introduced by another author/writer who explains why they selected it for inclusion and how they were affected by it. All 28 of the sections have never before been published in English, and the contributors are diverse and eclectic. Produced by Words Without Borders, it continues their mission of shining light on translated works of literature.

For example, Ariel Dorfman introduces a section by Argentina's noted author Juan Forn, “Swimming at Night”. It’s a subtle expression of regret and knowledge combining to make a moving portrait of a man learning to embrace fatherhood. Of the appearance of his dead father in the living room, he asks “If you knew how many things I did these past years for your benefit, thinking that you were watching.”

Another is a short story by Johan Harstad of Norway, entitled “Vietnam. Thursday.” It is introduced by Heidi Julavits, who describes the impact as “an achingly lonely story [that] artfully deepens a flatscreen modern world into a 3-D portrait of the empathy one stranger experiences on behalf of another stranger, which becomes, in true transitive fashion, empathy flung back upon oneself.” The ironic image of the psychologist going home to ask questions of an anonymous online psychology robot is not one easily forgotten.

A poem by Etel Adnan is introduced by Diana Abu Jaber, and within it this stanza “those who cannot travel discover the geography of the body, there are also airports and harbors at the surface of our souls”.

This is a fascinating collection and one that may take some time to get used to, as the cultural differences and allusions are left in place for you to contemplate. It is available at Amazon.com and other bookstores. See also the Wordswithoutborders.org website for more literary translations, an online magazine and a reading blog with updates.
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BlackSheepDances | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 22, 2010 |
As much as I loved the idea of a literary peek at countries rarely represented in the United States, this collection disappointed me. Most of the selections were less than ten pages long, and few were complete short stories. As a result, most of my readings felt random and pointless because they offered little insight into the societies they were intended to represent. Add stodgy writing style and severe under-representation of female authors and the end result is not worth your time or your money.… (mehr)
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cestovatela | Mar 7, 2010 |
This is a great anthology of stories, essays and poems which were originally written in languages other than English. Many of them give interesting, touching and thought-provoking glimpses into the lives of people in other cultures. Great book.
 
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herebedragons | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 2, 2008 |

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