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Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991

Contributors:

By (Author) Salman Rushdie

ISBN:

9780099542254

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Imprint:

Vintage

Publication Date:

1st April 2010

UK Publication Date:

4th February 2010

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

824.914

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

448

Dimensions:

Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 28mm

Weight:

313g

Description

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

Reviews

Literature of the highest order * Michael Foot *
A book bristling with intelligence, deeply held opinions, and wonderful flights of fancy * Boston Globe *
Playful profound and provocative...Rushdie is never less than instructive. He holds nothing back * New York Newsday *
A deft, various, and humane collection -- Christopher Hitchens * Independent *
More intelligence and intellectual courage than most writers summon up in a lifetime * The Times *

Author Bio

Salman Rushdie is the author of thirteen novels, one collection of short stories, three works of non-fiction, and the co-editor of The Vintage Book of Indian Writing. In 1993 Midnight's Children was judged to be the Best of the Booker, the best novel to have won the Booker Prize in its forty year history. The Moor's Last Sigh won the Whitbread Prize in 1995 and the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

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