Synopses & Reviews
A comprehensive and accessible overview of Rushdieâs published work, his career, and the controversies that surround him.
Synopsis
With its range of expert essays and readings, 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.
Table of Contents
Chronology; 1. Introduction Abdulrazak Gurnah; Part I. Themes and Issues: 2. Rushdie and Bollywood cinema Vijay Mishra; 3. Rushdie and the English tradition Peter Morey; 4. The Fatwa and its aftermath Ruvani Ranasinha; 5. Family and gender in Rushdie's writing Amina Yaqin; Part II. Studies of Individual Texts: 6. Tricksters and the common herd in Salman Rushdie's Grimus Ib Johansen; 7. Themes and structures of Midnight's Children Abdulrazak Gurnah; 8. Reading 'Pakistan' in Salman Rushdie's Shame Brendon Nicholls; 9. The Satanic Verses: 'To be born again, first you have to die' Joel Kuortti; 10. The shorter fiction Deepika Bahri; 11. The politics of the palimpsest in The Moor's Last Sigh Minoli Salgado; 12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fury and the re-invention of location Anshuman Mondal; Guide to further reading.