by Salman Rushdie · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099533016
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«East, West» is Salman Rushdie's collection of short stories, published by Vintage in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Nine stories explore the encounter and friction between East and West: a Bombay rickshaw driver writes letters about a fictitious filmmaker career, a mispronunciation triggers an unusual courtship in 1960s London, two diplomats relive «Star Trek» fantasies, and Christopher Columbus imagines consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. The volume combines magical realism, historical fiction, and Rushdie's characteristic wit.
The book is the author's first collection of stories. The edition is the «New Ed» from Vintage, published on 7 September 1995.
For those seeking short stories by an established author or a gateway into Salman Rushdie's narrative.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
