Imaginary Homelands

A collection of 75 essays that illuminate the culture of his times, and of ours.

Informationen zum Autor Salman Rushdie is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include Midnight's Children for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary Shame , The Satanic Verses , Quichotte and Victory City . His latest book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022. Klappentext Drawing from two political and several literary homelands! this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays! demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers. With candour! eloquence and indignation he carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan! censorship! the Labour Party! Palestinian identity! contemporary film and late-twentieth century race! religion and politics. Elsewhere he trains his eye on literature and fellow writers! from Julian Barnes on love to the politics of George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale'! providing fresh insight on Kipling! V.S. Naipaul! Graham Greene! John le Carré! Raymond Carver! Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon among others. Profound! passionate and insightful! Imaginary Homelands is a masterful collection from one of the greatest writers working today. Zusammenfassung Drawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays, demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers.

Vorwort
A collection of 75 essays that illuminate the culture of his times, and of ours.

Autorentext
Salman Rushdie is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include Midnight's Children for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary Shame, The Satanic Verses, Quichotte and Victory City. His latest book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.****

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Drawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays, demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers.

With candour, eloquence and indignation he carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late-twentieth century race, religion and politics. Elsewhere he trains his eye on literature and fellow writers, from Julian Barnes on love to the politics of George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale', providing fresh insight on Kipling, V.S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, John le Carré, Raymond Carver, Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon among others.

Profound, passionate and insightful, Imaginary Homelands is a masterful collection from one of the greatest writers working today.