The Cambridge companion to Salman Rushdie [1 ed.] 9780521609951, 052160995X, 9780521847193, 0521847192

Rushdie is a major contemporary writer, who engages with some of the vital issues of our times: migrancy, postcolonialis

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The Cambridge companion to Salman Rushdie [1 ed.]
 9780521609951, 052160995X, 9780521847193, 0521847192

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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Contributors
Chronology
I - Introduction By Abdulrazak Gurnah
Part I: - Themes and Issues
2 - Rushdie and Bollywood cinema By Vijay Mishra
3 - Salman Rushdie and the English tradition By Peter Morey
4 - The fatwa and its aftermath By Ruvani Ranasinha
5 - Family and gender in Rushdie’s writing By Amina Yaqin
Part II: - Studies of Individual Texts
6 - Tricksters and the common herd in Salman Rushdie’s Grimus By Ib Johansen
7 - Themes and structures in Midnight’s Children By Abdulrazak Gurnah
8 - Reading ‘Pakistan’ in Salman Rushdie’s Shame By Brendon Nicholls
9 - The Satanic Verses: ‘To be born again, first you have to die’ By Joel Kuortti
10 - The shorter fiction By Deepika Bahri
11 - The politics of the palimpsest in The Moor’s Last Sigh By Minoli Salgado
12 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fury: The reinvention of location By Anshuman A. Mondal
Guide to further reading
Index
Series List
Backcover

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