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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... look like the future , Radford chooses to make his ' future ' ( an odd term to use about a film released in the year after which it was named , and which is already past ) look consciously old- fashioned ; such a future as might have ...
... look like the future , Radford chooses to make his ' future ' ( an odd term to use about a film released in the year after which it was named , and which is already past ) look consciously old- fashioned ; such a future as might have ...
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... look at the slides , Akumal decided to try Europe . And now his luck — and Shapinsky's changed . In London in December 1984 Akumal arrived at the Tate Gallery , without an appointment , clutching his box of slides . A few minutes later ...
... look at the slides , Akumal decided to try Europe . And now his luck — and Shapinsky's changed . In London in December 1984 Akumal arrived at the Tate Gallery , without an appointment , clutching his box of slides . A few minutes later ...
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... look and not wanting to look . People want it authentic but not too authentic . They want their pain stirred up , but not too much , and then they want it taken away . ' The real tragedy is that there's ' no apparatus to deflect the ...
... look and not wanting to look . People want it authentic but not too authentic . They want their pain stirred up , but not too much , and then they want it taken away . ' The real tragedy is that there's ' no apparatus to deflect the ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
IMAGINARY HOMELANDS | 9 |
IN MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN | 22 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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