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- catalog abstract "An anthology of short stories by African writers from a dozen countries. The subjects range from war and politics to problems with domestics and African humor. Some stories were written in English, others are translations from Arabic, French and Portuguese. All were written in the latter part of this century.".
- catalog contributor b10454373.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "An anthology of short stories by African writers from a dozen countries. The subjects range from war and politics to problems with domestics and African humor. Some stories were written in English, others are translations from Arabic, French and Portuguese. All were written in the latter part of this century.".
- catalog description "The complete gentleman / Amos Tutuola -- The eyes of the statue / Camara Laye -- Sarzan / Birago Diop -- Black girl / Sembene Ousmane -- Papa, snake & I / Luís Bernardo Honwana -- A meeting in the dark / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- Mrs. Plum / Es'kia Mphahlele -- Tekayo / Grace Ogot -- Two sisters / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Girls at war / Chinua Achebe -- The prisoner who wore glasses / Bessie Head -- In the hospital / Similih M. Cordor -- The true martyr is me / René Philombe -- Innocent terror / Tijan M. Sallah -- Africa kills her sun / Ken Saro-Wiwa -- Afrika road / Don Mattera -- Why don't you carve other animals / Yvonne Vera -- The magician and the girl / Véronique Tadjo -- A prayer from the living / Ben Okri -- Effortless tears / Alexander Kanengoni -- Give me a chance / Mzamane Nhlapo -- Taken / Steven Chimombo -- I'm not talking about that, now / Smdiwe Magona -- My father, the Englishman, and I / Nuruddin Farah -- A gathering of bald men / Mandla Langa.".
- catalog extent "xix, 315 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0374176590".
- catalog identifier "0374211787 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
- catalog subject "808.83/10896 21".
- catalog subject "African fiction 20th century.".
- catalog subject "PL8011 .U7 1997".
- catalog subject "Short stories, African Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Short stories, African.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The complete gentleman / Amos Tutuola -- The eyes of the statue / Camara Laye -- Sarzan / Birago Diop -- Black girl / Sembene Ousmane -- Papa, snake & I / Luís Bernardo Honwana -- A meeting in the dark / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- Mrs. Plum / Es'kia Mphahlele -- Tekayo / Grace Ogot -- Two sisters / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Girls at war / Chinua Achebe -- The prisoner who wore glasses / Bessie Head -- In the hospital / Similih M. Cordor -- The true martyr is me / René Philombe -- Innocent terror / Tijan M. Sallah -- Africa kills her sun / Ken Saro-Wiwa -- Afrika road / Don Mattera -- Why don't you carve other animals / Yvonne Vera -- The magician and the girl / Véronique Tadjo -- A prayer from the living / Ben Okri -- Effortless tears / Alexander Kanengoni -- Give me a chance / Mzamane Nhlapo -- Taken / Steven Chimombo -- I'm not talking about that, now / Smdiwe Magona -- My father, the Englishman, and I / Nuruddin Farah -- A gathering of bald men / Mandla Langa.".
- catalog title "Under African skies : modern African stories / edited, and with an introduction by Charles R. Larson.".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".