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Table of Contents
Preface vii
The Philosophical Significance of Exile / William Gass 1
Aquae et ignis interdictio / Yury Miloslavsky 8
Exile, Responsibility, Destiny / Jan Vladislav 14
The Portable Ghetto / Jirí Gruša 28
The Invisible Exile / Guillermo Cabrera Infante 34
Exile Is Rebellion / Horst Bienek 41
Thirteen Studies on Exile / Edward Limonov 49
Words of Exile / Nedim Gürsel 59
In Praise of Exile / Nuruddin Farah 64
This Swelling Exodus / Jaroslav Vejvoda 78
Exile from a Democracy / Anton Shammas 84
The Condition We Call "Exile" / Joseph Brodsky 100
The Exile as Writer: A Conversation about Sorrow and Joy / Wojciech Karpinski 131
An Exercise in Futility: The Case of Andrei Kurbsky / Tomas Venclova 139
Report of a New Arrival / Yuri Druzhnikow 149
Glossary of Names 155
Notes on Contributors 162

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/03/1990
      ISBN13: 9780822309871, 978-0822309871
      ISBN10: 0822309874

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      Preface vii
      The Philosophical Significance of Exile / William Gass 1
      Aquae et ignis interdictio / Yury Miloslavsky 8
      Exile, Responsibility, Destiny / Jan Vladislav 14
      The Portable Ghetto / Jirí Gruša 28
      The Invisible Exile / Guillermo Cabrera Infante 34
      Exile Is Rebellion / Horst Bienek 41
      Thirteen Studies on Exile / Edward Limonov 49
      Words of Exile / Nedim Gürsel 59
      In Praise of Exile / Nuruddin Farah 64
      This Swelling Exodus / Jaroslav Vejvoda 78
      Exile from a Democracy / Anton Shammas 84
      The Condition We Call "Exile" / Joseph Brodsky 100
      The Exile as Writer: A Conversation about Sorrow and Joy / Wojciech Karpinski 131
      An Exercise in Futility: The Case of Andrei Kurbsky / Tomas Venclova 139
      Report of a New Arrival / Yuri Druzhnikow 149
      Glossary of Names 155
      Notes on Contributors 162

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