East, West

Type

Book

Authors

Salman Rushdie

ISBN 10

0099533014

ISBN 13

9780099533016

Tags

english, anglais, fiction, short sories, histoires courtes, culturel, cultural, india, inde

Abstract

A rickshaw driver dreams of being a Bombay movie star; Indian diplomats, who as childhood friends hatched Star Trek fantasies, must boldly go into a hidden universe of conspiracy and violence; and Hamlet's jester is caught up in murderous intrigues. In Rushdie's hybrid world, an Indian guru can be a redheaded Welshman, while Christopher Columbus is an immigrant, dreaming of Western glory. Rushdie allows himself, like his characters, to be pulled now in one direction, then in another. Yet he remains a writer who insists on our cultural complexity; who, rising beyond ideology, refuses to choose between East and West and embraces the world.

Description

Compétences : Lire Débutant complet : non
Thèmes : Société
Documents inclus : Texte littéraire original
Descriptif : Recueil de neuf nouvelles
Résumé : Ces nouvelles sont inspirées par ce qui se produit quand l'Orient rencontre l'Occident comme si Sheherazade rencontrait Star Trek.

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