Global Voices: Contemporary Literature from the Non-Western World

by Arthur W. Biddle, Gloria Bien, Miriam Cooke

Global Voices exists because we want our students to experience the literature of the major regions of the non-Western world--the Caribbean, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Chinua Achebe, Naguib Mahfouz, Anita Desai, and Bei Dao offer a friendly bridge between our culture and theirs. The editors believe that expanding the range of literature studied beyond the traditional American, Canadian, and European canonical writers will help students better understand an increasingly interdependent world.

1056 pages, Paperback

First published December 27, 1994

Reviews

[Priscilla Macias · Rating 5 out of 5]

Coming from a high school that gave you no choice but to read American Literature and English Literature, reading the stories in this book was like a sigh of relief. I'd begun to think that I hated reading, but I think I got tired of the eurocentricity. Anyway, this has a variety of excellent work from both males and females in world literature. I highly recommend it for someone who wants an introduction to world literature.

[Sandra Hernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is a refreshing set of stories that generates ideas and day dreams across all countries. The variety of "voices" and synapses from differentg authors are inspiring to not only read, but rather to write as well as simply live.