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Description for Rohinton Mistry
Paperback. 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, and the Persian and European narrative traditions on which Mistry draws to produce his distinctive postcolonial fictions. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
The award-winning novelist Rohinton Mistry is recognised as one of the most important contemporary writers of postcolonial literature. This study - the first of its kind - will provide scholars and students with an insight into the key features of Mistry's work. Peter Morey suggests how the author's writing can be read in terms of recent Indian political history, his native Zoroastrian culture and ethos, 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 ... Read more
The award-winning novelist Rohinton Mistry is recognised as one of the most important contemporary writers of postcolonial literature. This study - the first of its kind - will provide scholars and students with an insight into the key features of Mistry's work. Peter Morey suggests how the author's writing can be read in terms of recent Indian political history, his native Zoroastrian culture and ethos, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary World Writers
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719067150
SKU
V9780719067150
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About Peter Morey
Peter Morey is Senior Lecturer in Literature in the School of Cultural and Innovation Studies at the University of East London -- .
Reviews for Rohinton Mistry
"Peter Morey's work is an efficient effort to convey the symbolic complexity of Mistry's fiction and the book will serve as an invaluable handbook and entry point for students wishing to research the writer " Mala Pandurang, Wasafiri