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Rohinton Mistry / Peter Morey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morey, Peter.
- Series:
- Contemporary world writers.
- Contemporary world writers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mistry, Rohinton, 1952---Criticism and interpretation.
- Mistry, Rohinton.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages) : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This study - the first of its kind - situates Rohinton Mistry's writing in its cultural and historical context. It explores key features, such as the legacy of Zoroastrianism, Parsi anglophilia, recent Indian history, the conventions of oral storytellling common to Persia and South Asia, and the experience of migration which now sees him living in Canada. The texts are viewed through the lens of diaspora and minority discourse theories to show how Mistry's writing is illustrative of marginal positions in relation to sanctioned national identities.
- Contents:
- 1. Contexts and intertexts
- 2. 'Throbbing between two lives': the structures of migration in Tales from Firozsha Baag
- 3. Mistry's Hollow Men: language, lies and the crisis of representation in Such a Long Journey
- 4. Thread and circuses: performing in the spaces of city and nation in A Fine Balance
- 5. Running repairs: corruption, community and duty in Family Matters
- 6. Critical overview
- 7. Conclusion - Rohinton Mistry: international man of stories
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- First published: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-204) and index.
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610734603
- 9781847795915
- 1847795919
- 9781526120656
- 1526120658
- 9781781700587
- 1781700583
- 9781280734601
- 1280734604
- 9781847791030
- 1847791034
- OCLC:
- 271571061
- Publisher Number:
- 9780719067143
- 9780719067150
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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