East, West
In his first major work of fiction since The Satanic Verses--and his first collection of stories--Salman Rushdie reveals the intricate intimacies and unabridgeable distances between the East and the West. Throughout this collection of nine stories of extraordinary range and power, Rushdie remains...
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In his first major work of fiction since The Satanic Verses--and his first collection of stories--Salman Rushdie reveals the intricate intimacies and unabridgeable distances between the East and the West. Throughout this collection of nine stories of extraordinary range and power, Rushdie remains a writer who insists on our cultural complexity; who confidently rises beyond ideology, refusing to choose between the East and West.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780224041348 (0224041347)
Publish date: January 6th 1994
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
Delightful, bite-sized Rushdie. I would even recommend starting here, or with Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Nine short stories told by Master Storyteller Salman Rushdie. Rushdie takes us to the dusty streets of Bombay (or wherever), to Shakespearean England, Rennaissance Spain, and magical fu...
Możliwe, że zacząłem od niewłaściwej pozycji i tym bardziej nie powinienem oceniać autora, którego spotykam po raz pierwszy. Na pewno nie mogę mieć żadnych zastrzeżeń do języka – bogatego, finezyjnego, przepełnionego dygresjami i aluzjami. Styl może się podobać bardziej lub mniej – na pewno jest co ...
Interesting short stories.
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