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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... Britain is not comparable to life under Nazism or apartheid . I draw attention to this now , because distortions and falsehoods have a way of becoming true by virtue of being repeated frequently . The ' Nazi Britain ' smear has been ...
... Britain is not comparable to life under Nazism or apartheid . I draw attention to this now , because distortions and falsehoods have a way of becoming true by virtue of being repeated frequently . The ' Nazi Britain ' smear has been ...
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... Britain ; that it's not a peripheral minority affair . I believe that Britain is undergoing a critical phase of its post- colonial period , and this crisis is not simply economic or political . It's a crisis of the whole culture , of ...
... Britain ; that it's not a peripheral minority affair . I believe that Britain is undergoing a critical phase of its post- colonial period , and this crisis is not simply economic or political . It's a crisis of the whole culture , of ...
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... Britains are presently in retreat , even in disarray ; while nanny- Britain , straight - laced Victoria - reborn Britain , class - ridden know - your - place Britain , thin - lipped , jingoist Britain , is in charge . Dark goddesses ...
... Britains are presently in retreat , even in disarray ; while nanny- Britain , straight - laced Victoria - reborn Britain , class - ridden know - your - place Britain , thin - lipped , jingoist Britain , is in charge . Dark goddesses ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
IMAGINARY HOMELANDS 9 | 9 |
IN MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN | 22 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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