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More copies of this ISBN:Gabriel's Gift: A Novelby Hanif Kureishi
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musician, has been chucked out of the house by Gabriel's mother, who works nights and sleeps days. Lonely Gabriel finds solace in a mysterious connection to his deceased twin, Archie, and in his gift for producing real objects simply by drawing them. Then a chance visit with rock star Lester Jones, his father's former bandmate, provides Gabriel with a tool that might help mend his family. All he has to do is figure out how to use it.
Hanif Kureishi portrays Gabriel's naive hope and artistic aspirations with the same insight that he brought to the Anglo-Indian experience in The Buddha of Suburbia and to infidelity in Intimacy. Gabriel's Gift is a tender meditation on failure, talent, and the power of imagination, and offers a humorous portrait of a generation that only started to think about growing up when its children did. Review:"Smart, sensitive and brisk....Gabriel's Gift does what many of us are unable to do: It plumbs through the small deceits and cheap antagonisms of everyday family life and emerges open-eyed and smiling." The Hartford Courant Review:"A gently charming, comic novel, exhibiting the brilliant dialogue that makes Kureishi's movies so entertaining." The Washington Post Review:"[A]n appealing, deceptively breezy coming-of-age story recalling his screenplays in its tender evocation of London-area grunge....[A] shrewd, warmly imagined portrayal of the healing powers of art." Publishers Weekly Review:"Kureishi's other career as a screenwriter-director shows all over this endearing, dialogue-and-blocking-heavy book that would make — surprise! — a heartwarming movie." Booklist Review:"[I]nveterately thin but generally amusing....Amusing deceptions, misunderstandings, and setbacks precede the happy end....Pleasant frivolities, with just a refreshing dash of cynicism and attitude." Kirkus Reviews Synopsis:Gabriel's ex-rock musician father has been chucked out of the house by his mother, who works nights and sleeps days. Gabriel finds solace in drawing (producing real objects by drawing them), getting guidance from his twin brother Archie (deceased). About the AuthorHanif Kureishi won the prestigious Whitbread Prize and was twice nominated for Oscars for best original screenplay (My Beautiful Laundrette and Venus, which starred Peter O'Toole). He also received the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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