Where the Dance is: Stories from Two Worlds and Three

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Arcadia, 2000 - Fiction - 154 pages
A wonderfully varied collection of modern mystery,tales with a difference. We the readers are,detectives fathoming characters-from the lovelorn,goat-herder in a Sri Lankan village to the,aspiring Hampstead actress - whose tales tell as,much about us as them. All are searching,sometimes hilariously, sometimes tragically, for a,truth that is only realised in personal,relationships.

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Contents

The Performer
1
Sri
26
The Homecoming
37
Copyright

6 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2000)

A. Sivanandan came to Britain from Ceylon in the wake of the race riots of 1958 - and walked straight into the riots of Notting Hill. Since then he has written and lectured extensively on Black and Third World issues. He is the founder editor of the journal Race & Class and director of the Institute of Race Relations in London. When Memory Dies, his first novel (1997), was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and won the Sagittarius Prize.

Bibliographic information

TitleWhere the Dance is: Stories from Two Worlds and Three
AuthorAmbalavaner Sivanandan
Editionillustrated
PublisherArcadia, 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized13 Mar 2008
ISBN1900850192, 9781900850193
Length154 pages
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Fiction / General
Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
  
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