World Writers in English
- ISBN-10
- 0684312891
- ISBN-13
- 9780684312897
- Pages
- 782
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Author
- Jay Parini
Description
This title in the" Scribner Writers Series" includes biographical/critical essays on English-language writers from English-speaking countries outside the United States and British Isles, including those from Canada, the Caribbean, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Authors covered range from major figures, such as Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, to significant but lesser-known authors, such as Caryl Phillips and Amitav Ghosh.
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