Four Continents + CD

• Autor distins cu Premiul Nobel pentru literatura in 1991. Henry Lawson, V.
S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all write in English.
The „English” literature of the ex-colonies is proving to be the most interesting and innovative of our times: this volume offers a significant example of its vitality and originality. As Salman Rushdi said, „the Empire writes back”.
The stories in this volume represent a wide range of cultures, offering a fascinating insight into the mentality and the way of life of English-speaking Africans, Australians, Canadians, Indians, New Zealanders and West Indians, as well as a rich variety of modes of expressions. • Full biographical and critical introduction • Variety of questions and activities to enable students to make an in-depth analytical study of the book • Numerous footnotes to the text, with phonetic transcriptions of some difficult words • Recording of selected extracts from the text Authors:Nadine Gordimer, Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Henry Lawson, Marjorie Barnard, Mordecai Richler, Khushwant Singh, Arun Joshi, R.
K. Narayan, Salman Rushdie, Frank Sargeson, Witi Ihimaera, V.
S. Naipaul, jean Rhys.