
Fiction after the Fatwa
Salman Rushdie and the Charm of Catastrophe
Madelena Gonzalez(Author)
Rodopi (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
266 pages
978-90-420-1962-1 (ISBN)
Description
Fiction after the Fatwa: Salman Rushdie and the Charm of Catastrophe proposes for the first time an examination of what Rushdie has achieved as a writer since the fourteenth of February 1989, the date of the fatwa. This study argues that his constant questioning of fictional form and the language used to articulate it have opened up new opportunities and further possibilities for writing in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Through close readings and intensive textual analysis, arranged chronologically, Fiction after the Fatwa provides a thought-provoking reflection on the writer's achievements over the last thirteen years. Aimed principally at academics and students, but also of interest to the general reader, it engages with the specific nature of the post-fatwa fiction as it moves from the fairy-tale world of Haroun and the Sea of Stories to the heartbreaking post-realism of Fury.
Reviews / Votes
"...challenging, provocative and uncompromisingly argued [...] hugely enjoyable..." - Claire Pegon-DavisonMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-1962-1 (9789042019621)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Fiction after the Fatwa
2. Haroun and the Sea of Stories: "The Uses of Enchantment"
3. East, West: The Dislocation of Culture
4. The Moor's Last Sigh: Escaping Identity, Marginal Alternatives, The Inferno of Language
5. The Ground Beneath Her Feet: Postmodern Baroque, Reflections on Truth
6. Fury: Devoured by Pop
7. Afterword: The Charm of Catastrophe
8. Appendix: Plot Summaries
9. Select Bibliography
10. Index
2. Haroun and the Sea of Stories: "The Uses of Enchantment"
3. East, West: The Dislocation of Culture
4. The Moor's Last Sigh: Escaping Identity, Marginal Alternatives, The Inferno of Language
5. The Ground Beneath Her Feet: Postmodern Baroque, Reflections on Truth
6. Fury: Devoured by Pop
7. Afterword: The Charm of Catastrophe
8. Appendix: Plot Summaries
9. Select Bibliography
10. Index