Lost Words

This collection of international stories, edited with Craig Stephenson and illustrated by Jeff Fisher for Index on Censorship, examines the long history of censorship as a parallel history of literature, censors bearing witness to the power of words even more forcefully than the writers and readers they consider dangerous.

First Edition

London, Writers & Scholars Int., 1996
Softcover, 195 p.

Co-editor Craig Stephenson
Introduction by
Alberto Manguel & Craig Stephenson
Rosario Castellanos, Haroldo Conti and
Nedim Gürsel translated by Alberto Manguel

9780904286564

  • EDITORIAL / URSULA OWEN: Word Power
  • COVER STORY: Lost Words
  • INTRODUCTION / ALBERTO MANGUEL & CRAIG STEPHENSON: Dangerous Subjects
  • ITALY / ITALO CALVINO: The General in the Library
  • CUBA / REINALDO ARENAS: Traitor
  • INDONESIA / PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER: Encounter With the Devils
  • BURMA / MA THIDA: The Secret of Successful Transfusion
  • VIETNAM / DUONG THU HUONG: The Labyrinth
  • ARGENTINA / HAROLDO CONTI: The Art of Hunting With Dogs
  • UK / GRAHAM GREENE: The Last Word
  • EGYPT / EDWARD AI-KHARRAT: The Accusation
  • NIGERIA / KEN SARO-WIWA: The New Beggars
  • CANADA / JANE RULE: Puzzle
  • CHINA / BAI HUA: Su Qin Carrying His Sword
  • MOROCCO / MOHAMED CHOUKRI: The Poets
  • IRAN / M.T. SHARIF: The Letter Writer
  • MEXICO / ROSARIO CASTELLANOS: Death of the Tiger
  • TURKEY / NEDIM GÜRSEL: The Graveyard of Unwritten Books
  • USA / URSULA K. LE GUIN: Diary of the Rose
  • CONTRIBUTORS   / ADAM NEWEY: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • INDEX

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