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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... Gandhi , in 1949 , and moved back into her father's house to become Jawaharlal Nehru's ' official hostess ' , Mrs Gandhi has moved with considerable assurance and no little skill in the world of international affairs ; the speed with ...
... Gandhi , in 1949 , and moved back into her father's house to become Jawaharlal Nehru's ' official hostess ' , Mrs Gandhi has moved with considerable assurance and no little skill in the world of international affairs ; the speed with ...
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... Gandhi , great soul , little father , has been raised higher than anyone in the pantheon of latter - day gods . ' But , ' I was asked more than once in India recently , ' why should an Englishman want to deify Gandhi ? ' And why , one ...
... Gandhi , great soul , little father , has been raised higher than anyone in the pantheon of latter - day gods . ' But , ' I was asked more than once in India recently , ' why should an Englishman want to deify Gandhi ? ' And why , one ...
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... Gandhi would lie with young naked women all night to test his will - to - abstain , are well known , not without filmic possibilities , and they are , of course , ambiguous events . The film omits them . It also omits Gandhi's fondness ...
... Gandhi would lie with young naked women all night to test his will - to - abstain , are well known , not without filmic possibilities , and they are , of course , ambiguous events . The film omits them . It also omits Gandhi's fondness ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
IMAGINARY HOMELANDS 9 | 9 |
IN MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN | 22 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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