Monthly Archives: April 2013

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Robert Sheppard‘s insight: For those of you who are searching for new Japanese and Asian Voices World Literature Forum recommends "Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Stories from Japan" by … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Robert Sheppard‘s insight: World Literature Forum brings to your attention Caribbean writer Patrick Chamoiseau’s L’empreinte à Crusoé "Crusoe’s Footprint" a reworking of the theme of Robinson Crusoe into an interiorized existential dimension stretches … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Robert Sheppard‘s insight: World Literature Forum invites you to take a look at La civilización del espectáculo, "The Civilization of Spectacle" by 2010 Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru, an exploration of … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Robert Sheppard‘s insight: World Literature Forum recommends looking into the works of Moroccan novelist Abdellah Taïa, including his recent Une mélancolie arabe, the story of a vulnerable young man whose sexual life stretching from … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Robert Sheppard‘s insight: World Literature Forum recommends you check out the works of Botho Strauss, a leading German writer and keen observer of the dilemmas of alienation and failing communication in modern society. … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Robert Sheppard‘s insight: World Literature Forum invites you to Check Out the works of Rohinton Mistry, Nepalese Laureate winner of the 2012 Neustadt Prize for World Literature. Mistry follows in the tradition of … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Top US software entrepreneur faces new contradiction claims over rags-to-riches memoir of personal torment in 60s China See on http://www.guardian.co.uk