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Original Title: East, West
ISBN: 0099533014 (ISBN13: 9780099533016)
Edition Language: English
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East, West Paperback | Pages: 224 pages
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Title:East, West
Author:Salman Rushdie
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 224 pages
Published:January 1998 by Vintage (first published 1994)
Categories:Fiction. Short Stories. Cultural. India. Literature. Magical Realism

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A rickshaw driver dreams of being a Bombay movie star; Indian diplomats, who as childhood friends hatched Star Trek fantasies, must boldly go into a hidden universe of conspiracy and violence; and Hamlet's jester is caught up in murderous intrigues. In Rushdie's hybrid world, an Indian guru can be a redheaded Welshman, while Christopher Columbus is an immigrant, dreaming of Western glory. Rushdie allows himself, like his characters, to be pulled now in one direction, then in another. Yet he remains a writer who insists on our cultural complexity; who, rising beyond ideology, refuses to choose between East and West and embraces the world.

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This is a lovely collection of short stories, it really is. Divided into three parts (East, West, East West), it is written in a variety of styles. I read this book today (in one sitting) and found it quite an endearing read. Salman Rushie does really well in the short form. I'm really glad I picked this one in the library today. (I actually wrote a rather lengthily review and then I accidentally deleted it. What is one to do? Instead of writing another lengthily review, I'll just grade the

This review is about "The Prophet's hair", one of the chapters in the book "East, West"Briefly, the story involves a relic that is Muhammad's hair. This was stolen from Hazratbal mosque in Kashmir, and following tragedies from one's greed. I've never read or heard of Salman-bhai before. However, as I began to read this book in class, I've gained more interest in reading his writing. I'd like to give some opinions about this chapter.Salman-bhai's style of writing is very descriptive but also

I kind of breezed through this one. East, West is a compilation of short stories written by renowned author - Salman Rushdie. This is my first book by him. I know - it's a travesty, blah blah blah. But I got my chance this time and I went with it. Honestly I was a little nervous about how I would take to Salman Rushdie's writing style. I had heard much about it and didn't want him to disappoint me. I wasn't. The book divided into three parts - East, West and East, West were absolutely

This review is based on The Prophets Hair, a short story within East, West by Salman Rushdie. The Prophets Hair tells the story of a money lender who becomes fanatically religious after finding a hair from the Prophet Muhammad. His children, frustrated by the curse this has brought on their family set out to find a robber who can steal the Prophets Hair for them and save the family from the curse. Rushdie creates a vividly realised story worth reading simply for the way he employs irony to both

He is not at his best here, though he tried real hard; my personal parameter of Rushdie's best is Midnight's Children on the scale of his usual classical narrative and craft, and Haroun and the Sea of Stories on the scale of sheer storytelling. Perhaps some of the stories, especially two really odd ones in the 'West' failed to hit the cord because he tried too hard to carry a craft he is not good at; consequently, the narrative comes out as a fragmented assortment, which is neither imagination

An early collection of geographically separated stories by Salman Rushdie. Comprising of three stories each for the segments East, West and East and West, it's an easy read, but not exactly satisfying. I would have rated it lower had it not been for the final story, The Courter. The story of a hall porter and "courter" of the narrator's ayah Mary, it is borrowed from Rushdie's own complicated life. It has shades of Midnight's Children and some of its poignancy. As such, it is the only one that

I read 'The Prophets Hair' by Salman Rushdie from this book, and it has a good theme, but a very dark meaning. The story is written in Magic Realism like many other works by Rushdie. The story line and the way Rushdie is portrayed it is extremely negative. It shines a dark shadow on any form of religion, specifically orthodox Islam. Although I support freedom of expression, it is unjustified when what someone expresses explicitly attacks a particular set of people or beliefs and that is exactly