Product Description

This book is made up of twenty-three stories, each from a different author from across the globe. All belong to one world, united in their diversity and ethnicity. And together they have one aim: to involve and move the reader.

The range of authors takes in such literary greats as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri, and emerging authors such as Elaine Chiew, Petina Gappah, and Henrietta Rose-Innes.

The members of the collective are:

Elaine Chiew (Malaysia)
Molara Wood (Nigeria)
Jhumpa Lahiri (United States)
Martin A Ramos (Puerto Rico)
Lauri Kubutsile (Botswana)
Chika Unigwe (Nigeria)
Ravi Mangla (United States)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
Skye Brannon (United States)
Jude Dibia (Nigeria)
Shabnam Nadiya (Bangladesh)
Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe)
Ivan Gabirel Reborek (Australia)
Vanessa Gebbie (Britain)
Emmanual Dipita Kwa (Cameroon)
Henrietta Rose-Innes (South Africa)
Lucinda Nelson Dhavan (India)
Adetokunbo Abiola (Nigeria)
Wadzanai Mhute (Zimbabwe)
Konstantinos Tzikas (Greece)
Ken Kamoche (Kenya)
Sequoia Nagamatsu (United States)
Ovo Adagha (Nigeria)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23445 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

An opportunity for great exposure
I bought this book as Amazon had recommended it to me and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was one of the featured authors. It's `a global anthology of short stories' by various well known and other authors.

My favourite story by far was `My Mother, the Crazy African' by Chimamanda Adichie - it made me roar with laughter! I really understood where the narrator was coming from. I loved `Growing My Hair Again' by Chika Unigwe; I thought it was very powerful and as a result I bought Unigwe's novel `On Black Sisters' Street'. `The Third and Final Continent' by Jhumpa Lahiri finished the anthology well; it was tasteful. I gave this book to my mother to read and she enjoyed it very much

I enjoyed the stories overall; this anthology is great exposure for authors around the world; authors I that would not have heard of. I look forward to their future works.

Insightful
A great collection of stories. Some better than others inevitably. I really enjoyed Jhumpa Lahiri's and Ngozi's pieces. Its a rich collection where language and cultural diversity is clearly displayed, maybe not in full force, but in a sensitive manner.
I would recommend it.
One thing - I do wish the front cover was nicer. Just a suggestion, a better image (a photograph maybe) would really sell this book more.