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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... happened , is happening , and is sure to go on happening if Mrs Thatcher is standing on the steps of No. 10 on the morning of 10 June . ( What will 161 A GENERAL ELECTION.
... happened , is happening , and is sure to go on happening if Mrs Thatcher is standing on the steps of No. 10 on the morning of 10 June . ( What will 161 A GENERAL ELECTION.
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... afterward , [ it ] sailed away on the ocean ... I don't know if there had ever been an instance of a whole city sailing across the ocean , but that is exactly what happened . The city sailed out into the 204 KAPUŚCIŃSKI'S ANGOLA.
... afterward , [ it ] sailed away on the ocean ... I don't know if there had ever been an instance of a whole city sailing across the ocean , but that is exactly what happened . The city sailed out into the 204 KAPUŚCIŃSKI'S ANGOLA.
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... happening and has happened and should happen . Some of them speak exclusively in obscenities . Some are bitchy . Some are loving . Some are funny . Some are sad . The most interesting voices are all these things at once . You begin to ...
... happening and has happened and should happen . Some of them speak exclusively in obscenities . Some are bitchy . Some are loving . Some are funny . Some are sad . The most interesting voices are all these things at once . You begin to ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
IMAGINARY HOMELANDS | 9 |
IN MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN | 22 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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