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East, West
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This collection is ideal for readers who enjoy cross-cultural themes, inventive storytelling, and literary fiction that blends fantasy with reality. Fans of Salman Rushdie and those interested in the nuances of East-West relations will find it especially rewarding.
This dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West. With one foot in the East and one foot in the West, this collection reveals the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between the two.
A brilliant collection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning author.
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A brilliant collection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning author.
This dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. With one foot in the East and one foot in the West, this collection reveals the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between the two.
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Praised by the Sunday Times for its wit and storytelling power, the collection is called "literary magic" by Literary Review and hailed as a showcase of Rushdie's original imagination by Nadine Gordimer. The Independent describes the stories as well-honed miniatures blending Scheherazade with Star Trek, while the Financial Times commends its deft and inventive charm.
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ISBN: 9780099533016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 September 1995
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 134g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Sir Salman Rushdie has received many awards for his writing, including the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. In 1993 Midnight's Children was judged to be the 'Booker of Bookers', the best novel to have won the Booker Prize in its first 25 years. In June 2007 he received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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