Outlandish: Writing Between Exile and Diaspora

by Nico Israel

Outlandish addresses geographical displacement as a lived experience in the twentieth century, as a predicament of writing, and as a problem for theory. It focuses on the work of three transnational writers from diverse backgrounds working in different genres: Joseph Conrad, the Ukrainian-born Polish novelist and storywriter living in Britain at the turn of the century; Theodor W. Adorno, the German-Jewish philosopher and sociologist transplanted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804730733
• ISBN13: 9780804730730
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"