My Son the Fanatic
Author | : Hanif Kureishi |
Publisher | : Hueber Verlag |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783191195601 |
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Author | : Hanif Kureishi |
Publisher | : Hueber Verlag |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783191195601 |
Author | : Hanif Kureishi |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1999-03-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 068484818X |
This provocative collection of short stories charts the growth of a generation from the liberating irreverence of the late 1970s to the dilemmas of responsibility and fidelity of the 1990s. The stories resonate with Hanif Kureishi's dead-on observations of human passion and folly, his brilliant depiction of seedy locales and magical characters, and his original, wicked sense of humor.
Author | : Hanif Kureishi |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 1991-05-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 014013168X |
Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel "There was one copy going round our school like contraband. I read it in one sitting ... I'd never read a book about anyone remotely like me before."-- Zadie Smith "My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost..." The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announces itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving - albeit with some rude and raucous results. With the publication of Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi landed into the literary landscape as a distinct new voice and a fearless taboo-breaking writer. The novel inspired a ground-breaking BBC series featuring a soundtrack by David Bowie.
Author | : Hanif Kureishi |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2009-08-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439131090 |
Now available together for the first time, two of the best works—a novel and a short story—from Ooscar-nominated screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, one of the most original, celebrated, and prophetic voices in British fiction and film. First capturing the attention of audiences and critics in the 1980s with award-winning works such as The Buddha of Suburbia, and My Beautiful Laundrette, and recently described by The New York Times Magazine as “a kind of postcolonial Philip Roth,” Hanif Kureishi remains one of the most compelling artists of our time. These stunningly prescient earlier works of Kureishi’s are more timely and relevant than ever, and they’re now reissued in one volume. The Black Album, Kureishi’s second novel, is an exhilarating multicultural coming-of-age tale featuring Shalid, a sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll-loving Pakistani student torn between a love affair with a gorgeous free-spirited college professor and his desire to please his conservative Muslim community. In the story “My Son the Fanatic,” which is also an award-winning film, Kureishi reveals the shifting values between a father and son—two generations of immigrants struggling between assimilation and separatist fundamentalism. Praised as an author who “fully entertains while addressing wickedly complex social issues” (San Francisco Chronicle), Kureishi infuses these deft and vivid stories with his love of non-conformity and his understanding of the ties that bind us to family and culture.
Author | : Hanif Kureishi |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2010-03-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1416588191 |
Described in a recent New York Times Magazine profile as a "postcolonial Philip Roth," Hanif Kureishi first captured the attention of audiences and critics in the 1980s with the award-winning novel The Buddha of Suburbia and the films My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. In three decades of acclaimed work, Kureishi has written fiction and films exploring a series of interconnected themes about identity and desire—from Islamic radicalism to kinky sex, and from psychoanalysis to the relationships of fathers and sons. After discovering an abandoned manuscript of his father’s, hidden for years, Kureishi was compelled to turn his "unflinching perspective" (Time Out) onto his own history. Like Roth, Martin Amis and Geoffrey Wolfe, who also have written books about their fathers, Kureishi wanted to understand and perhaps to reconcile. My Ear at His Heart offers remarkable insight into the birth of a writer, chronicling how Kureishi’s own literary calling emerged from the ashes of his father’s aspirations. And so begins a journey that takes Kureishi through his father’s privileged childhood by the sea in Bombay, through the turbulent birth of Pakistan and to his modest adult life in England—his days spent as a civil servant, his nights writing prose, hopeful of one day receiving literary recognition. "A beguiling and complex tale of fact, fiction and family tensions" (The Guardian), My Ear at His Heart was published to great acclaim in the United Kingdom in 2004 and went on to win the prestigious Prix France Culture Etranger. Now, this profound work from one of the most compelling artists of our time is at last available in a Scribner edition.
Author | : Tanja Schwebe |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 3638752372 |
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Potsdam (Anglistik/Amerikanistik der Universität Potsdam), course: Britain meets India in Contemporary Film and Literature, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The short story "My Son the Fanatic" by Hanif Kureishi was published in 1997. The short story deals with a family whose son changes into a radical, focusing on old traditions in a modern British society. Kureishi involves history, culture and everyday problems of "hybridity" in his works. In this work, you ́ll find a short introduction to Kureishi ́s life and work and also on Indian history. The following comparison of the short story with the screenplay points out the passages that have been changed and an interpretation is given, why this was probably done.
Author | : Greg Pembroke |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0804139849 |
A glimpse into the tribulations of parenting that is part documentary, part therapy, and completely hilarious. It all started when busy father Greg Pembroke posted a few pictures online of his three-year-old son, mid-tantrum, alongside the reason his son was crying: He had broken his bit of cheese in half. In Reasons My Kid is Crying, Greg collects together photos sent from parents around the world, documenting the many, completely logical reasons why small children cry. Among them: “I let him play on the grass” . . . “He ran out of toys to throw into his pool” . . . “The neighbor’s dog isn’t outside”. The result is both an affectionate portrait of the universal, baffling logic of toddlers—and a reminder for burned-out parents everywhere that they are not alone.
Author | : Chris Van Dusen |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 2011-03-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1452103836 |
A man and his dog have a whale of a time when their boat trip leads to unexpected adventure in this charmingly illustrated verse children’s book. With enough lunch for three, Mr. Magee and his dog Dee head out to the sea. But what begins as a fun day in the sun turns a bit bumpy when one playful whale decides to say hello. Soon the crew that once was floating finds themselves flying! How will they get down? Who will come to their rescue? And when will they ever get to eat lunch? Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee is a great read-aloud book, sure to provide fits of giggles.
Author | : Meg Wolitzer |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2011-09-20 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101529474 |
Friendship, family, and high-stakes Scrabble come together in this compelling novel from a bestselling author Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano don't seem to have much in common. Duncan is trying to manage his newfound ability to "read" with his fingers. April is striving to be accepted by her family of jocks. And Nate is struggling to meet his father's high expectations. But when a Scrabble Tournament brings them together, their stories intertwine. Driven by competition, drama, and just a touch of magic, the story will have readers flying through the pages, anxious to discover who will be the real winners . . .