Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981-91 - Couverture rigide

Rushdie, Salman

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 014014224X ISBN 13 : 9780140142242

Editeur : Penguin Books / Granta, 1991

Synopsis

A record of one writer's intellectual and personal odyssey. The 75 essays collected here, written over the last ten years, cover a 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.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'These 70 essays on places and politics, films and assassinations cover a mere decade, but seem to concentrate more intelligence and intellectual courage than most writers summon up in a lifetime' The Times

Drawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection of essays, demonstrates the full force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers. His topics include the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, and literature - with fresh insights into V.S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, Julian Barnes, John le Carré and Philip Roth among others.

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

A book bristling with intelligence, deeply held opinions, and wonderful flights of fancy - The 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 - Independent

Revue de presse

"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)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books / Granta
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 014014224X
• ISBN 13: 9780140142242
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible