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Leave to stay : stories of exile and belonging

Title: Leave to stay : stories of exile and belonging / edited by Joan Riley and Briar Wood.
Publication: London : Virago Press, c1996.

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Description

xii, 304 p.; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Drue Heinz Book Fund For English Literature

Subjects

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Contents

Crash pad / Briar Wood -- Jumping ship / Kelvin Christopher James -- Another golden opportunity / Bapsi Sidhwe -- The reunion / Yasmin Issacs -- Navigator / Jane Duran -- I sweep the sun off rooftops / Hanan al Shayk -- Yeast / Briar Wood -- The machine that cried / Michael Hofmann -- Prayer / Mimi Khalvati -- Camels / Jane Duran -- The mulberry tree / Joan Riley -- Oh Buddha / Jan Lo Shinebourne -- Sweet rice / Aamer Hussein -- The white spring / Zinovy Zinik -- Pomegranates / Briar Wood -- A view of courtyards / Mimi Khalvati.
Kurt Schwitters in Lakeland / Michael Hofmann -- One never knows -- Kelvin Christopher James -- Hooks / Zinovy Zinik -- The deal / Pierre Tran -- A repertoire / Michael Donoghy -- Transport / Fred D'Aguiar -- Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, July 1990 / Sujata Bhatt -- Coma / Mimi Khalvati -- A Gujarati patient speaks / Sujata Bhatt -- Growth / Adam Lively -- The gathering / Joan Riley -- Some say it's madness / Yasmin Issacs -- Cheltenham / Michael Hofmann -- The godmother / Jan Lo Shinebourne -- The sacrificial lamb / Sindiwe Magona.
Letter to Jakarta / Aamer Hussein -- The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee -- The listeners / Yasmin Issacs -- Erratum / Michael Donoghy -- Painting on glass / Aamer Hussein -- The river of return / Joan Riley -- Circles / Pierre Tran -- From a diary / Adam Lively -- Skin / Fred D'Aguiar -- The tenant / Bharati Mukherjee -- Braided rug / Jane Duran -- Checking out / Mervyn Morris.

Call Number

JFD 96-12670

ISBN

1853818828 (pbk.)

OCLC

34743651

Title

Leave to stay : stories of exile and belonging / edited by Joan Riley and Briar Wood.

Imprint

London : Virago Press, c1996.

Added Author

Riley, Joan.

Wood, Briar.

Research Call Number

JFD 96-12670