WITNESS LITERATURE

WITNESS LITERATURE
Proceedings of the Nobel Centennial Symposium

Stockholm, 4 - 5 December 2001

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
PHILOMELA'S TONGUE: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON WITNESS LITERATURE HORACE ENGDAHL	1
WHEN WE DON'T SPEAK, WE BECOME UNBEARABLE, AND WHEN WE DO, WE MAKE FOOLS OF OURSELVES: CAN LITERATURE BEAR WITNESS? HERTA MÜLLER	15
THE FREEDOM OF SELF-DEFINITION IMRE KERTÉSZ	33
THE BEDAZZLED GAZE: ON PERSPECTIVE AND PARADOXES IN WITNESS LITERATURE PETER ENGLUND	45
ON THE FRONTIER TIMOTHY GARTON ASH	57
OF TAMARIND AND COSMOPOLITANISM! NURUDDIN FARAH	69
CLONED EYES RUI LI	77
WITNESS: THE INWARD TESTIMONY NADINE GORDIMER	85
ELABORATIONS OF TESTIMONY KENZABURO OE	99
LITERATURE AS TESTIMONY: THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH XINGJIAN GAO	113
BACK MATTER	129
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