{"product_id":"extravagant-strangers-a-literature-of-belonging-paperback","title":"Extravagant Strangers: A Literature of Belonging - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Shakespeare called Othello \"an extravagant and wheeling stranger\/Of here and every where.\" In this exciting anthology, Caryl Phillips has collected writings by thirty-nine extravagant strangers: British writers who were born outside of Britain and see it with clear and critical eyes. These eloquent and incisive voices prove that English literature, far from being pure or homogenous, has in fact been shaped and influenced by outsiders for over two hundred years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here are slave writers, such as Ignatius Sancho, an eightieth century African who became a friend to Samuel Johnson and Laurence Sterne; writers born in the colonies such as Thackeray, Kipling, and Orwell; \"subject writers,\" such as C.L.R. James and V.S. Naipaul; foreign émigrés, such as Joseph Conrad and Kazuo Ishiguro; and postcolonial observers of the British scene, such as Salman Rushdie, Ben Okri, and Anita Desai. With the eloquent and often inspiring collection, Phillips proves, if proof be needed, that the greatest literature is often born out of irreconcilable tensions between a writer and his or her society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies. Brought up in England, he has written for television, radio, theater, and cinema. He is the author of one book of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eThe European Tribe, \u003c\/i\u003e and six novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Final Passage, A State of Independence, Higher Ground, Cambridge, Crossing the River, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Blood. \u003c\/i\u003eHis awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He divides his time between London and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.01 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485662101682,"sku":"9780679781547","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ee6aa3b21b39e9baf200712cd24f111b.webp?v=1779291962","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/extravagant-strangers-a-literature-of-belonging-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}