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The world between two covers [compact disc] : reading the globe / Ann Morgan.

by Morgan, Ann (Ann Beatrice)

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[Place of publication not identified] : Audible, Inc. ; Green Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2015.

Morgan, Ann (Ann Beatrice) -- Books and reading.

Books and reading.

Women journalists -- Books and reading -- England.

English literature -- Publishing -- Foreign countries.

Literature -- Translations into English -- Publishing.

Publishers and publishing.

National characteristics in literature.

Geography and literature.

Literature and the Internet.

Audible Studios on BrillianceAudio.

1 sound disc (10 hr., 55 min.) : digital, MP3 file ; 4 3/4 in.

A exploration of the joys of reading across boundaries, inspired by the author's year-long journey through a book from every country. Following an impulse to read more internationally, journalist Ann Morgan undertook first to define "the world" and then to find a story from each of 196 nations. Tireless in her quest and assisted by generous, far-flung strangers, Morgan discovered not only a treasury of world literature but also the keys to unlock it. Whether considering the difficulties faced by writers in developing nations, movingly illustrated by Burundian Marie-Thérese Toyi's Weep Not, Refugee; tracing the use of local myths in the fantastically successful Samoan YA series Telesa; delving into questions of censorship and propaganda while sourcing a title from North Korea; or simply getting hold of The Corsair, the first Qatari novel to be translated into English, Morgan illuminates how stories are written the world over and how place -- geographical, historical, virtual -- shapes the books we read and write.

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