Carolan, Trevor;
Rim of Fire: Short Stories from the Pacific Rim
Vintage 1992, 319 pages
ISBN 0099936909
topics: | fiction | translation | far-east
A collection of stories from the Pacific Rim, mostly written since 1980. They address a wide range of issues both particular and universal, such as the inevitable clash of traditional and newly-emerging values, rural landlessness and urban poverty, and the effects of colonialism and independence.