John Culbert teaches at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Paralyses (University of Nebraska, 2010), winner of the Modern Language Association’s Scaglione Prize in French Studies.

'John Culbert offers a remarkable interdisciplinary reflection on the politics and narratives of mobility and the epistemologies of proximities and borders. The book attends with critical urgency to crossings and encounters, while investigating the intimacy of travel writing and our understanding of the trauma of displacement and migration. A wide-ranging, extremely rich work that takes us into new and imperative connections.' Marta Cariello, Università della Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'

• Introduction 1. Exile: Edith Wharton 2. Displaced Person: Samuel Beckett 3. Refugee: Jamaica Kincaid 4. Bare Life? Behrouz Boochani

John Culbert teaches at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Paralyses (University of Nebraska, 2010), winner of the Modern Language Association’s Scaglione Prize in French Studies.

'John Culbert offers a remarkable interdisciplinary reflection on the politics and narratives of mobility and the epistemologies of proximities and borders. The book attends with critical urgency to crossings and encounters, while investigating the intimacy of travel writing and our understanding of the trauma of displacement and migration. A wide-ranging, extremely rich work that takes us into new and imperative connections.' Marta Cariello, Università della Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'

• Introduction 1. Exile: Edith Wharton 2. Displaced Person: Samuel Beckett 3. Refugee: Jamaica Kincaid 4. Bare Life? Behrouz Boochani

John Culbert teaches at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Paralyses (University of Nebraska, 2010), winner of the Modern Language Association’s Scaglione Prize in French Studies.

'John Culbert offers a remarkable interdisciplinary reflection on the politics and narratives of mobility and the epistemologies of proximities and borders. The book attends with critical urgency to crossings and encounters, while investigating the intimacy of travel writing and our understanding of the trauma of displacement and migration. A wide-ranging, extremely rich work that takes us into new and imperative connections.' Marta Cariello, Università della Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'

• Introduction 1. Exile: Edith Wharton 2. Displaced Person: Samuel Beckett 3. Refugee: Jamaica Kincaid 4. Bare Life? Behrouz Boochani