The Shock of Arrival

The Shock of Arrival Reflections on Postcolonial Experience

Paperback (01 Jan 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'I haven't read anything close to her sense of trans-culture since V.S. Naipaul, another writer of Indian post colonialism....[A]s a writer, she is the voice of an exile....She is thoughtful and expressive....has a keen mind and is socially conscious.' Korean Quarterly *BR**BR*Acclaimed South Asian-American poet and novelist Meena Alexander unleashes a fury of prose and poetry to confront the stereotypes and explore the challenges facing postcolonial immigrants in America.

Book information

ISBN: 9780896085459
Publisher: South End Press
Imprint: South End Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 272g
Height: 215mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 12mm