The Cambridge Companion to Salman Rushdie (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Salman Rushdie is a major contemporary writer, who engages with some of the vital issues of our times: migrancy, postcolonialism, religious authoritarianism. This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to his entire oeuvre. Part I provides thematic readings of Rushdie and his work, with chapters on how Bollywood films are intertextual with the fiction, the place of family and gender in the work, the influence of English writing and reflections on the fatwa. Part II discusses Rushdie's importance for postcolonial writing and provides detailed interpretations of his fiction. In one volume, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the author and his work in a range of expert essays and readings. With its detailed chronology of Rushdie's life and a comprehensive bibliography of further reading, this volume will be invaluable to undergraduates studying Rushdie and to the general reader interested in his work.

Rushdie is a major contemporary writer, who engages with some of the vital issues of our times: migrancy, postcolonialism, religious authoritarianism. This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to his entire oeuvre. Part I provides thematic readings of Rushdie and his work, with chapters on how Bollywood films are intertextual with the fiction, the place of family and gender in the work, the influence of English writing and reflections on the fatwa. Part II discusses Rushdie's importance for postcolonial writing and provides detailed interpretations of his fiction. In one volume, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the author and his work in a range of expert essays and readings. With its detailed chronology of Rushdie's life and a comprehensive bibliography of further reading, this volume will be invaluable to undergraduates studying Rushdie and to the general reader interested in his work.

Rushdie and Bollywood cinema / Vijay Mishra Rushdie and the English tradition / Peter Morey The Fatwa and its aftermath / Ruvani Ranasinha Family and gender in Rushdie's writing / Amina Yaqin Tricksters and the common herd in Salman Rushdie's Grimus / Ib Johansen Themes and structures of Midnight's Children / Abdulrazak Gurnah Reading 'Pakistan' in Salman Rushdie's Shame / Brendon Nichols The Satanic verses: 'to be born again, first you have to die' / Joel Kuortti The shorter fiction / Deepika Bahri The politics of the palimpsest in The Moor's last sigh / Minoli Salgado The ground beneath her feet and fury : the re-invention of location / Anshuman A. Mondal.

A comprehensive and accessible overview of Rushdie's published work, his career, and the controversies that surround him.