Bradford (Hrsg.) Morrow

Exile

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From the moment homes and homelands came into being, exile ensued. While narratives of exile share themes of banishment, loss and longing, they are as diverse as the human experience itself. Writers as different as Homer and Heinlein, Aeschylus and Camus addressed this subject. In The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie conceives of exile as a dream of glorious return. Exile is a vision of revolution. It is an endless paradox: looking forward by always looking back. Its permutations know no bounds. The political dissident deported, or jailed, under house arrest; the defected spy; the classic prince banished by his royal father from the city gates;… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4976-3739-9
EAN: 9781497637399
Produktnummer: 31908859
Verlag: Conjunctions
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 331 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Reihenbandnummer: 62

Über den Autor

Bradford Morrow is the editor of Conjunctions and the recipient of the PEN/Nora Magid Award for excellence in literary editing. The author of six novels, his most recent books include the novel The Diviner's Tale(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and the fiction collection The Uninnocent (Pegasus Books). He is currently at work on a collaboration with virtuoso guitarist Alex Skolnick, A Bestiary. A Bard Center fellow and professor of literature at Bard College, he lives in New York City.