East West [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

The secluded Rushdie's first collection of short stories, his first major work of fiction since the explosive 1989 novel The Satanic Verses, has been much anticipated and won't disappoint. These nine delectable stories are divided into three categories, "East," "West," and "East, West." The Eastern ones have a Thousand and One Nights flavor and are set in Rushdie's native Pakistan. The best in this grouping is "Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies," about a young woman who goes to the British consulate for a visa so that she may live with her husband; her charm defeats the old man she encounters at the door, who wants to supply her with fraudulent papers. Rushdie's Western stories incorporate elements of magic realism and feature European settings. The most compelling is "Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate Their Relationship," giving the affiliation between the encounterer of the New World and his regal sponsor a decided sexual angle. The stories in the "East/West" section bring the two worlds together, and the outstanding one of that beautiful trio is "The Harmony of the Spheres," about a deeply felt but tragically ended friendship between an Englishman and a Pakistani. Rushdie's brilliant style reinforces his stories' marvelous combination of dignity and poignancy. Though these stories were originally published in such periodicals as the New Yorker and the Atlantic, the collection will serve for many readers as an introduction to Rushdie's talent in the short story form. Expect high demand. Brad Hooper -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

A first collection of short stories from the famously hidden Rushdie.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

"One of the decade's great literary triumphs: magical, compassionate, wise, beautiful, and so very entertaining." --"The Toronto Star
"Richly imaginative...The characters are memorable, the language swift, and the reader is touched by desire, friendship and love." --"The Globe and Mail
"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

"From the Hardcover edition.

A collection of nine short stories, which reflect the extraordinary range and power of Salman Rushdie's writing. Fantasy and realism collide as a Bombay rickshaw driver recounts his film career, two childhood friends live out fantasies prompted by >Star Trek<, and Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. "The new stories here are among his finest work to date" Michael Dibdin, >Independent<. His new novel, >The Moor's Last Sigh< is also out this month in Jonathan Cape hardcover. A Vintage title.

In these nine stories, Salman Rushdie looks at what happens when East meets West, at the forces that pull his characters first in one direction, then the other. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out in a violent world fantasies hatched by "Star Trek"; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. The stories in "East, West" show the extraordinary range and power of Salman Rushdie's writing.

Salman Rushdie, 1947 in Bombay geboren, wurde mit seinem Roman 'Mitternachstkinder' weltberühmt. Nur wenige Wochen nach der Veröffentlichung des Roman 'Satanische Verse' (1988) verhängte der iranische Revolutionsführer Khomeini eine Fatwa über ihn. Nach mehr als zehn Jahren mit unbekanntem Aufenthalt in England lebt Rushdie heute in New York. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.