Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981-1991Granta Books, 1991 - 432 pages Rushdie at his most candid, impassioned, and incisive--an important and moving record of one writer's intellectual and personal odyssey. These 75 essays demonstrate Rushdie's range and prophetic vision, as he focuses on his fellow writers, on films, and on the mine-strewn ground of race, politics and religion. |
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... Vietnam was the ultimate trip . When the grunts went into battle , Herr remembers , they ' put their guns on rock ' n ' roll . ' It's easy to say that Vietnam was bad craziness , much harder to admit that the craziness was working ...
... Vietnam was the ultimate trip . When the grunts went into battle , Herr remembers , they ' put their guns on rock ' n ' roll . ' It's easy to say that Vietnam was bad craziness , much harder to admit that the craziness was working ...
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... Vietnam , the movies were already a way for him to experience the war . ' I'm a child of my time and a man of my culture . I grew up in the movies . Don Quixote experiences his travels in the language of romances . But when he dies , he ...
... Vietnam , the movies were already a way for him to experience the war . ' I'm a child of my time and a man of my culture . I grew up in the movies . Don Quixote experiences his travels in the language of romances . But when he dies , he ...
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... Vietnam veteran and the experience has damaged his soul , of course . Lest we miss this , one of his lovers suggests that he should tell any woman fool enough to fall in love with him , ' Welcome to Vietnam . ' He is concerned to ...
... Vietnam veteran and the experience has damaged his soul , of course . Lest we miss this , one of his lovers suggests that he should tell any woman fool enough to fall in love with him , ' Welcome to Vietnam . ' He is concerned to ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
IMAGINARY HOMELANDS 9 | 9 |
IN MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN | 22 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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