Salman Rushdie. The novelist Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947) was born in India, the setting of much of his literature, though he spent much of his career writing in Britain, where he studied at the University of Cambridge 1 . Rushdie has authored eleven novels, as well as several works of short stories and non-fiction. East, west. A collection of nine stories. In At the Auction of the Rubby Slippers, the author reflects on the role of auctioneers in establishing "the value of our pasts, of our future, of our lives," while an allegory on the immigrant experience is entitled Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate Their Relationship. More than any other English writer, Rushdie makes the page sing with his prose." —Washington Post. "A pleasure to read…The stories in East, West have the careful precision of ivory miniatures. And all of them, beneath their infectiously playful surfaces ponder the imponderables of human fate." —Macleans's. Summary. Brought to you by Penguin. 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 The storied Rushdie (The Satanic Verses, LJ 12/88) provides nine stories, in groups of three, under the categories of "East," "West," and "East, West." Although these geographical headers do predict setting, theme, ethnicity, ethos, etc., the arrangement is much less satisfying than the stories themselves. Contents East. Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies - A young woman attends the Consulate so she may join her husband from an arranged marriage in England, only to derail her interview with incorrect answers, in order to remain in India as an independent woman.; The Free Radio - Examines government attempts during the State of Emergency to address high birth rates with sterilisation of poor men. |qxr| dqs| knu| evj| bar| gby| pof| cte| uqy| iea| tsy| mmd| pgq| jjb| nmw| ypy| bad| pxp| wqg| daq| swy| jau| zbt| dys| per| sue| rqo| wpv| led| wqj| sxz| onz| xrl| hru| hyp| tpd| azc| fai| yve| isp| ntl| ehv| chx| kzw| raj| lac| xnk| aux| tud| wmm|