The Shock of Arrival

Postcolonial Reflections

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by Meena Alexander

South End Press

Due/Published October 1996, 224 pages, paper

ISBN 0896085457

In Shock of Arrival, acclaimed South Asian American poet and novelist Meena Alexander unleashes a fury of prose and poetry to confront the stereotypes and explore the challenges facing postcolonial immigrants in America.