Short Stories Celebrating the UniversalDeclaration of.Human Rights

M A I N S T R E A MP U B L I S H I N 6

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

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Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu 7.

Foreword by Vered Cohen-Barzilay 10

Introduction by. Kate Allen 13

Patricia Grace — Busy Lines 16 .

A.L. Kennedy - The Effects of Good Government on the City 23

James Meek - The Kind of Neighbour You Used to Have 34

Marina Lewycka - Business Philosophy. 54

Mohammed Naseehu Ali - The Long Ride Back Home 59

' - • ' ' . Gabriella Ambrosio - Sticko 72

Joyce Carol (Dates — Tetanus 80

Walter Mosley-trie Trial 98

David Mitchell — Character Development 125

Ariel Dorfman - Innocent Passage 136

Amit Chaudhuri - Aniruddha: The Latest Instalment 166

' Petina Gappah - An Incident at Lunchtime 173

Milton Hatoum - Torn 185 -

Ali Smith - T h e Go-Between 192

David Constantine — Asylum • 198

Jon Fosse-Homecoming 211

Kate Atkinson - The War on Women 216

Banana Yoshimoto - A Special Boy 234

Alexis Wright - Be Careful About Playing withthe Path of Least Resistance 239

Helen Dunmore - Where I Keep My Faith 252

Hector Aguilar Camin - Comrade Vadillo 258

Paulo Coelho - In the Prison of Repose 285

Mahmoud Saeed — Warriors of the Sky 298

Richard Griffiths - The Obvious Candidate 314

Juan Goytisolo-:Mr President'. . . : 324

*" . Yanh Martel - The Moon Above His Head 328.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Sola 335

Nadine Gordimer — Amnesty 340

Xiaolu Guo - An Internet Baby 349

-Alice Pung-The Shed 355

. ';'• Ishmael Beah - ABC Antidote 365

Alan Garner - Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and die Firebird * 376

Liana Badr — March of the Dinosaurs 388

Rohinton Mistry - The Scream 398

.'• Olja Knezevic — The Classroom 411

Epilogue: Henning Mankell - Sofia 425

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 428

Contributors .435 "