Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981-1991Granta Books, 1991 - 432 pages Like George Orwell or Bruce Chatwin, Salman Rushdie observes and illuminates a stunning range of cultural, political, and intellectual issues crucial to our time. Imaginery Homelands is an important record of Rushdie's intellectual and personal odyssey, and the 75 essays collected here, written over the last ten years, cover an astonishing range of subjects. |
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... asked about Babri Masjid , ' should be given back to the Muslims . There is nothing else to be done . ' The gentleness of Harbans Lal and Abdul Ghani made their religious divisions especially telling . Nor was Babri Masjid the only ...
... asked about Babri Masjid , ' should be given back to the Muslims . There is nothing else to be done . ' The gentleness of Harbans Lal and Abdul Ghani made their religious divisions especially telling . Nor was Babri Masjid the only ...
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... asked him . ' What do you mean ? ' he cried . ' Where the hell do you think this is ? ' I told him that I meant the idea of the nation . Forty years after a nationalist revolution , where could it be said to reside ? He said , ' To the ...
... asked him . ' What do you mean ? ' he cried . ' Where the hell do you think this is ? ' I told him that I meant the idea of the nation . Forty years after a nationalist revolution , where could it be said to reside ? He said , ' To the ...
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... asked to believe that the child ' A Shock ' , while being raised by Hindus and Muslims , somehow knew that neither ' way ' was for him , and instinctively , when he wished to raise his voice in prayer , ' prayed to the mountains ' . It ...
... asked to believe that the child ' A Shock ' , while being raised by Hindus and Muslims , somehow knew that neither ' way ' was for him , and instinctively , when he wished to raise his voice in prayer , ' prayed to the mountains ' . It ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
IMAGINARY HOMELANDS | 9 |
IN MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN | 22 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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