World Literature

World literature is sometimes used to refer to the sum total of the world's national literatures, but usually it refers to the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. Often used in the past primarily for masterpieces of Western European literature, world literature today is increasingly seen in global context. ...more

One Hundred Years of Solitude
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Crime and Punishment
The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
The Alchemist
The Kite Runner
Don Quixote
The Odyssey
Anna Karenina
The Little Prince
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Brothers Karamazov
The Iliad
The Trial

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Where There Was Fire
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You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems
Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength and perspective from the words
Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength and perspective from the words of others, but to give birth to their own poetic voices and to hold history accountable for the catastrophes rearranging their lives.
Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide
The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.
Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

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