Beyond Words: Asian Writers on Their Work (Manoa) Edited by Brent Fujinaka

Out of print title.

Edited by Frank Stewart and Brent Fujinaka

"Beyond Words presents more than two dozen authors from China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Malaysia. The issue features a full range of perspectives on writing shaped by nationality, language, age, gender, and aesthetics through essays, interviews, stories, and poems.

Some of the contributors write to effect social justice, political reform, or freedom from an oppressive government. Others are more concerned with the inner movements of the heart, to family, or to their spiritual nature. Some adopt experimental forms and the mixing of genres, while others look to traditional spoken or literary forms. Still others write of the hazards and surprises of creating in other languages, or writing in countries with many languages and dialects.

Despite their diverse viewpoints, every author in Beyond Words is committed to the power of literature to transform readers, society, and themselves. The effort to write well, to be understood, to innovate, to celebrate, to comfort, and to protest all are contained in this rich and engrossing collection of voices from Asia." -Excerpts from the publisher's website.

Publisher : University of Hawaii Press; Illustrated edition (July 19, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 167 pages
ISBN-10 : 082483058-X
ISBN-13 : 978-08-2-483058-8
Item Weight : 13.3 ounces
Dimensions : 7.06 x 0.52 x 10.1 inches