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“Commonwealth Short Stories”, part 4

“Commonwealth Short Stories”, part 4

28 February 2010 · Reading · Comments { 0 }

In the final part of this series of posts, I’m reviewing stories by Mavis Gallant, V.S. Naipaul, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Hal Porter and Chinua Achebe. Mavis Gallant (Canada) – Orphans’ Progress According to the introduction, Gallant’s work mostly deals with broken families, and this is no exception: two girls are taken into care because their [...]

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Alexis Wright at Southbank Centre

20 April 2008 · Literary events · Comments { 0 }

I took a long time to write about it, but a week ago I went to see Ngugi wa Thiong’o in conversation with Alexis Wright at the Southbank Centre. It was great to see Ngugi, and to learn about Alexis Wright, an aboriginal writer who I had never heard of until now but would like [...]

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