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World Literatures Feature Writer: Susan Whelan

Curious about history’s greatest novelists, like Leo Tolstoy? Interested in contemporary writers making headlines, such as Orhan Pamuk? Striving to understand fundamental texts, like the Koran or Plato’s Republic, from a literary perspective? Want the skinny on brilliant poets and authors yet to be discovered outside their country, such as Erendiz Atasu? Just looking for a good book?

This is the place.

World Literature is a dynamic subject that eliminates boundaries. Vast literary movements and modest stories; pop lit and themes of the human condition; authors rooted in a country and world citizens - they all belong here. This is the topic for fiction, poetry, and non-fiction from around the globe.

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Feature Writer Articles in World Literatures

 		Book Review – Smalltown by Tim Winton
Award-winning Australian author Tim Winton and photographer Martin Mischkulnig join forces in this photographic tribute to Australian outback towns.
Review – Little White Slips by Karen Hitchcock
This collection of short stories highlights the many facets of womanhood as an individual and in roles of wife, mother, daughter and sister.
Book Review – I Lost my Mobile at the Mall
Australian author Wendy Harmer introduces fun-loving 15-year-old Elly, who believes she is facing social death when her parents won't replace her lost mobile phone.
Book Review – Lenny and the Big Red Kinan
This simple story teaches children the Awabakal words for creatures and things they might find on a walk through the Australian bush.
Book Review – Mama's Song by Ben Beaton
Estranged from her parents, pregnant, confused and tired, Georgina wants to run away but discovers that there are some things you can't leave behind.
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Contributing Articles in World Literatures

 		Twist Endings - O. Henry, Saki, De Maupassant
These three short stories are by masters of the twist ending. This article contains a brief synopsis of the stories and a little about each author.
The Plague – Book Review
French novelist, journalist and philosopher explores the essence of human nature in the face of a swift and seemingly insuperable plague.
Imagine This by Sade Adeniran
'Imagine This,' first published in paperback by SW Books in 2007, ISBN 978-0-9555453-0-6, won the Best First Book, Africa Region in the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
Ode to Failure in Homer's Odyssey
Throughout history and literature, there have been occasions when great deliveries by politicians and literary figures shaped and changed the nomeclature of societies.
Juxtapositioning the Gilgamesh and Beowulf
Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon epic, is interjected with pristine symbols and images; however, it is devoid of the omnipotent gods that control most of the plot in the Gilgamesh
Tolstoy – From Soldier to Soul-Searcher
Tolstoy's short stories may well be less talked about than his epical 'War and Peace' or 'Anna Karenina' but they offer a wealth no less in sense or in spirit.
Deception in Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita'
Readers of Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' are coaxed into empathising with a known pedophile; Slavic Literature expert, Professor Alexander Dolinin reveals how.
Book Review Canada in 2020
People like David Suzuki, George Elliott Clarke and Mark Kingwell help contribute to a publication that will be sure to stand the test of time.
Great Short Fiction Collections
Whether newly published bestsellers or well-known classics, these short fiction selections exemplify the short story at its finest.
New Books on South Africa
Recommended books by South African authors and knowledgeable outside observers of the South African scene.
10 Multicultural Novels for Book Groups
A short list of recent multicultural books by noted authors, with suggestions for enrichment activities that book groups and literature classes will enjoy.
Flaubert's Madame Bovary – Book Review
In the tradition of early realist writers such as Balzac and Zola, the French novelist Gustave Flaubert sought to write a novel rooted in reality and verisimilitude.
Review – I Have The Right To Destroy Myself
Young - Ha Kim's short novel is a dark reflection of modern Korea and its disaffected youth.
Book Review: Sonechka, by Ludmila Ulitskaya
Russian author Ludmila Ulitskaya writes poignant, telling descriptions of her characters in Sonechka: A Novella and Stories.
Review – I Love Dollars And Other Stories
Zhu Wen's collection of short stories is a great introduction to modern Chinese literature.
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