Discover a brilliant collection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning author.
This dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. With one foot in the East and one foot in the West, this collection reveals the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between the two.
| ISBN: | 9780099533016 |
| Publication date: | 7th September 1995 |
| Author: | Salman Rushdie |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Genres: |
Fantasy Shorter Reads Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Discover a brilliant collection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning author.
This dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. With one foot in the East and one foot in the West, this collection reveals the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between the two.
East, West features in the following genres: Fantasy, Shorter Reads, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
East, West is available in Ebook, Paperback
East, West was written by Salman Rushdie and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
East, West has 216 pages
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