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Writing in the margins: the ethics of expatriation from Lawrence to Ondaatje

2005; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 42; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.42-5729

1943-5975

Marilyn Adler Papayanis,

South Asian Studies and Diaspora

Looking closely at a group of writers who rejected the industrial West in favor of the expatriate life and made that quest the subject of their work, Marilynn Papayanis reveals their concerns to be ethical as well as aesthetic. Her book brims with fresh insights into such works as Paul Bowles's The Sheltering Sky, Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet, and Michael Ondaatjes The English Patient.