Into the Widening World

Into the Widening World is a 1995 collection of 26 short fictional coming-of-age stories. It was written by many authors including: Nadine Gordimer, Ben Okri, Bharati Mukherjee, Alice Munro and Gabriel García Márquez.

South America and the Caribbean
"Columba"- Michelle Cliff
 * Jamaica

"Weight-Reducing Diet"- Jorge Edwards
 * Chile

"On Sunday"- Mario Vargas
 * Argentina

"Artificial Roses"- Gabriel García Márquez
 * Colombia

"The Raffle"- V. S. Naipaul
 * Trinidad

North America
"Exchange Value"- Charles Johnson
 * United States

"Borders"- Thomas King
 * Canada

"Saints"- Bharati Mukherjee
 * United States

"The Turkey Season"- Alice Munro
 * Canada

Europe and Russia
"The Gifts of War"- Margaret Drabble
 * Great Britain

"The Nothingness Forest"- Margareta Ekstrom
 * Sweden

"Christmas"- John McGahern
 * Ireland

"That Wall, That Mimosa"- Merce Rodoreda
 * Catalonia/Spain

"Date with a bird"- Tatyana Tolstaaya
 * Russia

Africa and the Middle East
"Turkish Soldier from Edirne"- Missiim Aloni
 * Israel

"Some Are Born to Sweet Delight"- Nadine Gordimer
 * South Africa

"The Conjurer Made Off with the Dish"- Naguib Mahfouz
 * Egypt

"Who Will Stop the Dark?"- Charles Mungoshi
 * Zimbabwe

"In the Shadow of War"- Ben Okri
 * Nigeria

"When the Train Comes"- Zoe Wicomb
 * South Africa

Asia and the South Pacific
"American Dreams"- Peter Carey
 * Australia

"In Broad Daylight"- Ha Jin
 * China

"Mr. Tang's Girls"- Shirley Geok-lin Lim
 * Malaysia

"Martyrdom"- Yukio Mishima
 * Japan

"One Sunday"- Rohinton Mistry
 * India

Babaru, the Family- B. Wongar
 * Australia

Editing and publication
Edited by: John Loughery Copyright: 1995 by John Loughery Published by: Persea Books, Ink. 171 Madison Avenue. New York, New York 10016

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