Breaching the borders.

FICTION; AUTHORS; CAINE Prize for African Writing; GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; ADICHIE, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

In this article, professor Elleke Boehmer focuses on "world fiction" and "world writing" wherein authors are writing for readers well beyond their own national boundaries. Topics discussed include Caine Prize for African Writing, reference of the words to German literary giant Goethe; and literary style of author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.