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On being foreign, culture shock in short fiction : an international anthology, Tom J. Lewis, Robert E. Jungman, editors

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On being foreign, culture shock in short fiction : an international anthology, Tom J. Lewis, Robert E. Jungman, editors

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

On being foreign

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

15119306

Responsibility statement

Tom J. Lewis, Robert E. Jungman, editors

Sub title

culture shock in short fiction : an international anthology

Summary

A selection of short stories by such authors as Albert Camus, Jorge Luis Borges, Jane Bowles, Joseph Conrad, Stephen Crane, Hermann Hesse, Rudyard Kipling and Katherine Mansfield. They lead the reader through the stages of cross-cultural adjustment and provide insights into the psyche of the foreigner. The work is designed as a text in advanced English as a second language, in world literature courses and for intercultural studies

Table Of Contents

Longing for America / David Rubin -- Alienation / Julio Ramón Ribeyro -- America / Arthur Schnitzler -- You have left your lotus pods on the bus / Paul Bowles -- Odd tippling / Kurt Kusenberg -- The little governess / Katherine Mansfield -- Saree of the gods / G.S. Sharat Chandra -- The growing stone / Albert Camus -- Everything is nice / Jane Bowles -- Robert Aghion / Hermann Hesse -- Pastor Dowe at Tacaté / Paul Bowles -- The blue hotel / Stephen Crane -- An outpost of progress / Joseph Conrad -- The overlap / John Bovey -- The door in the wall / Oliver La Farge -- East and West / Rudyard Kipling -- Story of the warrior and the captive / Jorge Luis Borges -- Yard sale / Paul Theroux -- Home sickness / George Moore -- The captive / Jorge Luis Borges

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