Name: Imaginary Homelands: Essays & Criticism 1981 to 1991: Essays and Criticism, 1981 to 1991
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Author: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 9780140140361

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Imaginary Homelands: Essays & Criticism 1981 to 1991: Essays and Criticism, 1981 to 1991

Type

Physical Book

Author

Salman Rushdie

Publisher

Granta

Year

1992

Language

English

Pages

448

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0140140360

ISBN13

9780140140361

Synopsis "Imaginary Homelands: Essays & Criticism 1981 to 1991: Essays and Criticism, 1981 to 1991 "

“Read every page of this book; better still, re-read them. The invocation means no hardship, since every true reader must surely be captivated by Rushdie’s masterful invention and ease, the flow of wit and insight and passion. How literature of the highest order can serve the interests of our common humanity is freshly illustrated here: a defence of his past, a promise for the future, and a surrender to nobody or nothing whatever except his own all-powerful imagination.”-Michael Foot, Observer Salman Rushdie’s Imaginary Homelands is an important record of one writer’s intellectual and personal odyssey. The seventy essays collected here, written over the last ten years, cover an astonishing range of subjects –the literature of the received masters and of Rushdie’s contemporaries; the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture; film, politicians, the Labour Party, religious fundamentalism in America, racial prejudice; and the preciousness of the imagination and of free expression. For this paperback edition, the author has written a new essay to mark the third anniversary of the fatwa.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie (1947) is a British writer of Indian origin known for his narrative style that blends magical realism and historical fiction. His most notable work is Midnight's Children (1981), which earned him the Booker Prize and narrates the story of India's independence. Other important novels include The Satanic Verses (1988), which generated global controversy, The Moor's Last Sigh (1995), and Quichotte (2019)

Rushdie has explored themes such as identity, migration, and freedom of speech. In 2023, he published Victory City, a historical and fantastical novel. His contribution to literature has earned him international recognition, consolidating him as one of the most influential voices in contemporary narrative.

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