Born in Ogidi, Nigeria, into a devout Christian family in which Igbo was spoken, Albert Chinua (lumogu) Achebe learned English at the age of eight.
An edition of Other Voices, Other Vistas
(1992)
Other voices, other vistas
short stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America
by Barbara H. Solomon, B. Solomon, Barbara Solomon, Chinua Achebe, and Jorge Luis Borges
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[Pt. I.] African stories. Civil peace / Chinua Achebe
African emergent / Nadine Gordimer
The collector of treasures / Bessie Head
Who will stop the dark? / Charles Mungoshi
A meeting in the dark / Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Selected African anthologies
[pt. II.] Chinese stories. The destination / Wang Anyi
Sketches from the "Cattle shed" / Ding Ling
Kite streamers / Wang Meng
Regarding the problem of newborn piglets in winter / Chen Rong
The man from a peddlers' family / Lu Wenfu
Selected Chinese anthologies
[pt. III.] Indian stories. Pigeons at daybreak / Anita Desai
Dhowli / Mahasweta Devi
The interview / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A horse and two goats / R.K. Narayan
The wog / Khushwant Singh
Selected Indian anthologies
[pt. IV.] Japanese stories. The magic chalk / Kōbō Abe
The tomoshibi / Sawako Ariyoshi
The moon on the water / Yasunari Kawabata
Act of worship / Yukio Mishima
The silent traders / Yūko Tsushima
Selected Japanese anthologies
[pt. V.] Latin American stories. Clarisa / Isabel Allende
The book of sand / Jorge Luis Borges
The cost of living / Carlos Fuentes
Death constant beyond love / Gabriel García Marquez
Papito's story / Luisa Valenzuela
Selected Latin American anthologies.
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