The Oxford Book of Exile Hardcover - 1995
by John Simpson (Editor)
From Robison Crusoe to Nelson Mandela, from Ovid to Solzhenitsyn, this intense collection of personal writings decribes the emotions, struggles, and despair of writers in exile, including famous literary expatriates, castaways, spies, and prisoners.
From the rear cover
From the moment Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise, exile has been a part of the human experience. The circumstances in which individuals or entire peoples are compelled to leave their homeland are as various as they are numerous, and in this book John Simpson has brought together examples of exile from all over the world, and from all periods of history. The emphasis is on personal experience, with writers from Ovid to Solzhenitsyn describing their exile, their emotions, their struggles and their despair. For those who have chosen a life in exile, the response is more mixed: ambivalence about the country they have left and the country they have chosen suffuses the writings of intellectuals seeking freedom of speech, as of ex-pats living in India or Australia. Those persecuted for their faith or their politics rub shoulders with those fleeing from war, or from debt, or even from the weather. Castaways and spies, premiers and princes describe their departure, their reception and sometimes their return, in an anthology that is by turns inspiring, moving, and deeply thought-provoking.
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- Title The Oxford Book of Exile
- Author John Simpson (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher OUP Oxford, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-05-11
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780192142214 / 0192142216
- Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 9.48 x 6.41 x 1.34 in (24.08 x 16.28 x 3.40 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Exiles - Literary collections, Exile (Punishment) - Literary collections
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94020999
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.899
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- Booklist, 04/01/1995, Page 1374
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