{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-salman-rushdie-paperback-9780521609951","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Salman Rushdie (Paperback) 9780521609951","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Salman Rushdie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive and accessible overview of Salman Rushdie's published work, his career, and the controversies that surround him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521609951, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 August 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 16.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSalman Rushdie is a major contemporary writer, who engages with some of the vital issues of our times: migrancy, postcolonialism, religious authoritarianism. This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to his entire oeuvre. Part I provides thematic readings of Rushdie and his work, with chapters on how Bollywood films are intertextual with the fiction, the place of family and gender in the work, the influence of English writing and reflections on the fatwa. Part II discusses Rushdie's importance for postcolonial writing and provides detailed interpretations of his fiction. In one volume, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the author and his work in a range of expert essays and readings. With its detailed chronology of Rushdie's life and a comprehensive bibliography of further reading, this volume will be invaluable to undergraduates studying Rushdie and to the general reader interested in his work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Abdulrazak Gurnah\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Themes and Issues: 2. Rushdie and Bollywood cinema Vijay Mishra\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rushdie and the English tradition Peter Morey\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Fatwa and its aftermath Ruvani Ranasinha\u003cbr\u003e 5. Family and gender in Rushdie's writing Amina Yaqin\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Studies of Individual Texts: 6. Tricksters and the common herd in Salman Rushdie's Grimus Ib Johansen\u003cbr\u003e 7. Themes and structures of Midnight's Children Abdulrazak Gurnah\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reading 'Pakistan' in Salman Rushdie's Shame Brendon Nicholls\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Satanic Verses: 'To be born again, first you have to die' Joel Kuortti\u003cbr\u003e 10. The shorter fiction Deepika Bahri\u003cbr\u003e 11. The politics of the palimpsest in The Moor's Last Sigh Minoli Salgado\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Ground Beneath her Feet and Fury and the re-invention of location  Anshuman Mondal\u003cbr\u003e Guide to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003648200984,"sku":"9780521609951","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521609951i_47a478e7-0c68-427a-bb6c-de27c12a9a62.jpg?v=1691370484","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-salman-rushdie-paperback-9780521609951","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}