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With "Venus", Hanif Kureishi - celebrated author of "My Beautiful Laundrette" - turns his piercing glance onto the pains of old age. Maurice (played by Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) are veteran stage actors whose slow, inevitable decline is disrupted by the arrival in their lives of Ian's niece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker). While Jodie's house-keeping skills become a bone of contention between her and Ian, Maurice, on the other hand, finds himself attracted to Jodie and seeks a more intimate relationship with her. The dialogue between them is, by turns, humorous, painful and touching as Youth struggles with Age. Also included in this volume is an Introduction by Kureishi in which he reveals the inspiration for the screenplay in the work of the Japanese master Tanizaki. ... Read more

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In 1981 Hanif Kureishi was voted the Most Promising Playwright of the Year by the London Theatre Critics for his plays "Borderline" and "Outskirts". This selection of original works shows his development as a writer finding his own subject matter and establishing his characteristically powerful style, before moving into films with "My Beautiful Laundrette". This examination of Kureishi's work looks at it from the author's own experience and from the perspective of the radical British theatre of the 1970s. ... Read more

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Set in a northern industrial town, this screenplay presents the dismay experienced by a Pakistani father when his son rejects the material possessions and values he has slaved all his life for and embraces a fundamentalist sect of Islam. ... Read more

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The struggle for acceptance by an immigrant
My Son the fanatic is a short story of an immigrant from Pakistan. The underlying theme of this novel is the struggle of the asian immigrants face in an alien society which refuses to accept them, treat them as equals and the ways in which they deal with the alienation. There is a sharp contrast in the way Pervez and his son Farid deal with the sense of belonging and being a part of society.

With all the compromises and loses Pervez suffers in his migration; he appears to take them as a part of his experience and adventure of life; to him it seems to be worth the price. He mentions how better his life has been in comparison to having stayed back. He refuses to acknowledge the cold behavior of the local British.

His son Farid on the other hand seems to have considerable anger and is not disillusioned by the British cold behavior. He finds the society constraining, limiting and degrading and feels to be a victim in his country. Having been excluded he is tempted to exclude others. He finds comfort with his own people and gets attached towards Islam. Having been brought up in secular Britan , he would turn the to a form of belief that denies him the pleasure of society in which he lived. Having devoted his life to pleasure: the pleasure of sex, music, alcohol and friends; he detracts and spends time in abstinence; for in abstinence he felt strong.

Hanif in his short novel has touched the conflicts a lot of asian families feel having migrated to a foreign country. He has outlined the characters brilliantly and this is most certainly a very entertaining novel to read.

A boring short story
I find the story boring. The theme isn't interesting for young people. I can identify me with the father-son conflikt, but the reasons why the problems are become i don't understand. The religion than problem betweenfather and son i know,buta so intolerant attitude i don't understand.

The conflict between father and son
I think that the story is a mixture of a lot of ideas and feelings and very difficult to explain or to interpret.The relationships between the characters are intricate.The conflict between father and son only exist,because none of them is able to talk about their ideas. Parvez, the fatheruses his son to brag and doesn't want to accept the right situation. Theson, Ali, is religious and doesn't want to accept the life-style of hisfather.He wants to live like his ancestors in Pakistan, but when Parvezwants to talk, Ali isn't interested. Although they have a differentbehaviour, I think that their heart is the same.

A conflict which exists all over the world
I don't like the story so much, because social stories are not my taste, a little bit actionmust be. But save for my personal taste the story isn't so bad. It's a theme which exists all over the world. It's aneasy-to-understand story. So if you want to read a short and interesteringstory, i can prefer it to you.

Growing up and intolerant parents
It is an interesting shortstory. It is a story about a father son conflict, about intolerant parents who try to force their will by exerting violence on someone.A big problem in this story is the contrast betweenwestern civilisation and the Islamic world and their religion. I think thisstory is a good example for problems like different religions, intolerance,growing up, family problems, conflicts, etc. An extreme situation is shownto learn from it and to draw attention to the problems of the readers. Inmy opinion it could be very helpful not to do the same mistake as Parvez,the father in the story, did. ... Read more

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John Berger, Naomi Klein, Arundhati Roy, Joe Sacco and others examine the consequences of the “War on Terror.”

On October7th 2001, US-led forces invaded Afghanistan, marking the start ofGeorge Bush and Tony Blair’s “War on Terror.” Six years on, where havethe policies of Bush and Blair left us? Bringing together some of thefinest contemporary writers, this wide-ranging anthology, fromreportage and “faction” to fiction, explores the impact of this "longwar” throughout the world, from Palestine to Iraq, Abu Ghraib, thecurtailment of civil liberties and manipulation of public opinion.

Published in conjunction with Stop the War coalition and United forPeace and Justice, War With No End provides an urgent, necessary reflection on thecauses and consequences of the ideological War on Terror.

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"The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity."
This is a collection of articles by fine thinkers of different nationalities gathered to argue for the end of the war and tell us why it might never stop!

This book will help you understand how the war against Afghanistan and Iraq affected the whole world and why it will not stop soon! My favorite article is Ms. Klein's "Building a booming economy based on war with no end ".Also, please approach this work with an open mind; if we don't try to understand, we will never move away from the status quo!

Try to understand based on facts how Israel's economy bloomed after 9/11, and how Israel became the go-to country for anti-terrorism technology. Learn how Israeli firms have turned the global obsession with security into booming subsector of the economy! Please try to understand why "freedom of speech, like democracy, was strangled at birth" in Iraq! And maybe you will figure out why most Iraqis approve of attacks on US-led forces!

Your illusions may fade as quickly as a shooting star after reading this book. Good luck facing the truth!

BUSH WILL BE PROVEN RIGHT
Despite all of the anti war rhetoric in this book, however high end the prose or arguments, the great moments in history are often missed by those in the present.I remain convinced as to other historians that we will look back on Iraq & Afghanistan as the war that drained the America, sucking its will to act from its people but also as that Churchilian moment at which a people broken on the rocks of history did the right thing and for which the rest of the world will be knowingly or unknowingly obliged. This is one of those moments folks and bury your head in the sand or diga little deeper and you will see it.Islami fundamentalism will be buried or you and yours will be wearing head scarves, bowing to Allah and having your daughters treated as breeding stock at best.
(I know that is supposedly not what the Muslim faith stands for but it is what it is, it is what the fundamentalists are fighting for and it is what moderate muslims, sadly, have given up resisting.)

We need peace, justice, equality and civil liberties
This book contains 9 texts by 9 different authors and one excellent anti-war strip by Joe Sacco. All the texts treat different aspects of power (war) relations in our modern world.

Power, free markets, democracy
For A. Roy, power is the crucial political, economic and social factor in human affairs.
Private corporations use their power through the Free Market doctrine to undermine democracy: `Today Corporate Globalization needs an international Confederation of corrupt and authoritarian governments in poor countries. It needs a press that only pretends to be free. It needs courts that pretend to dispense justice. It needs nuclear bombs, standing armies, sterner immigration laws to make sure that it is only money, goods, patents and services that are globalized.'

War
N. Klein lambastes the war and disaster profiteers.

War on Terror
For J. LeBlanc and P. Bennis, the War on Terror is a smokescreen for US military aggression in order to gain full spectrum world dominance. The weapons of mass destruction are in the US, not elsewhere.
For T. Nguyen, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni goes after colleges and universities which are described as working against the interests of Western civilization because they are weak in the War on Terror.

War in Iraq
H. Zangara unveils the resistance of the majority of the Iraqi people against the US occupation and its puppet regime. They see control of Iraqi oil as the only reason for this occupation. She draws our attention to the systematic (!) murder of academics, journalists and clerics, the gagging of the media and the lack of freedom of speech in Iraq. But the Iraqi people, of whom 650,000 died (the equivalent of 7 million US citizens), continues to resist through the cultural sector.
L. German remembers the fact that the war created 4 million Iraqi refugees.
The `September 11th Families' stress rightly that the brutality of Saddam Hussein's regime does not justify the brutality, death and destruction visited upon Iraq and its citizens.

The Palestine question
For A. Soueif, as long as `ordinary citizens are not allowed to live their daily life in a human way, the influence of the world's only superpower will be proved to be irredeemably malign.'

This book with its sometimes belligerent attacks on current international policies, is a must read for all those interested in the world we live in.

War with No End
It is a great and very easybook to read. I respect the Authors and what they have written.

Useful collection from the anti-war movement
This useful anthology gives some idea of the vast range and depth of the US and British anti-war movements. It explores the impact of the `war on terror' from Palestine to Iraq, and looks at the US and British states' attacks on civil liberties and on public opinion.

In her excellent contribution, Arundhati Roy claims that capitalism undermines not national sovereignty, but democracy: in fact it undermines both. She rightly links the `war on terror' to the economic system that drives it, and points out that capitalism's international bodies, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation are all undemocratic, anti-national and secretive.

The best-researched piece is by Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine. She calls our current system `disaster capitalism'. She observes that after 9/11, Israel increased its military spending by 10%, financed by social services cuts. This increase funded 350 new hi-tec firms specialising in security, surveillance and weapons: one firm is revealingly called `Instinctive Shooting International'. Israel now holds six counter-terrorism conferences a year, and Forbes Magazine calls it `the go-to country for anti-terrorism technologies'.

Similarly, in the USA the Spade Defense Index, for defence, security and aerospace stocks, has risen by 15% every year since 9/11. Firms profit from the destruction caused by the wars that their states begin, then they profit again from contracts for rebuilding, then profit again by not actually rebuilding anything. Klein has rediscovered Lenin's insight that "war is terrible - and terribly profitable."
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These outstanding stories of American award-winning novelist, John Cheever, show the power and range of one of the finest short story writers of the century. Stories of love and squalor, set in a world in which momentary glimpses of brightness contend with time, social change, and the chaos of history. ... Read more

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The Collected Genius of Cheever

This is a great brick of a book-900 pages and 61 stories-and there isnt one story or one single page that is anything other than brilliant. And it is this sustained brilliance that truly astounds. Cheever outstrips all his rivals in the short story genre by some distance.
With most collected works, you often dip in and out; read them over a period of time as a sort of 'snack' between novels, but so good are these stories that I read from begining to end;truly looking forward to sitting down with this book. Its themes are centred around middle American life and its illusion of perfect utopia; the realities that prevail under such a suffocating veneer of respectability; the constant use of alcohol to anaesthatize the existence in sweet suburbia.
Richard Yates must surely have been inspired by Cheever when he wrote 'Revolutionary Road'. Cheever pre dates Yates by some years and for my money is way ahead of Yates in his writings. (although this is probably in line with a Ty Cobb Vs Babe Ruth debate!)
Stand out stories? Honestly I could list all 61, they are that good.
This book brings together all of Cheevers short stories. It is a book I would take to a desert Island,a book to share with friends,a book I will delve into again and again. My only disappointment is that there isn't another brick of a book full of more Cheever stories! ... Read more

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Title: El cuerpo: Hanif Kureishi.(Reseña de libro)
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: My Beautiful Laundrette, Venus, My Son the Fanatic, the Mother, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, London Kills Me, the Buddha of Suburbia. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. The story is set in London during the period when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Britain, as shown through the complexand often comicalrelationships between members of the Asian and White community. The plot tackles many polemical issues, such as homosexuality, racism and England's economic and political policy during the 1980s. Omar (Gordon Warnecke) is a young man living in 1980s London. His father is a Pakistani journalist who lives in London but hates Britain and its international politics. By contrast, Omar's paternal uncle Nasser is a successful entrepreneur and an active member of the London Asian community. Omar's father asks his uncle to give him a job and, after working for a brief time as a car washer in one of his uncle's garages, he is assigned the task of running a run-down laundrette and turning it into a profitable business. Omar's car is attacked by a group of right-wing extremists shouting racist slogans: among them he recognizes an old friend of his, Johnny (Daniel Day Lewis). Johnny agrees to help Omar, and they resume a love affair which (it is implied) had been interrupted after school. At Nasser's, Omar meets a few other members of the Pakistani community: Tania, Nasser's daughter and possibly a future bride; and Salim, who traffics drugs and hires him to deliver them from the airport. Running out of money, Omar and Johnny sell one of Salim's deliveries to make cash for the laundrette redecoration. The...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1428955 ... Read more

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Magisterarbeit, die am 27.02.2001 erfolgreich an einer Universität in Deutschland im Fachbereich Philosophie eingereicht wurde. Einleitung: Hanif Kureishi, zeitgenössischer "Postcolonial Storyteller", ist Autor von Theaterstücken, Drehbüchern, Romanen, Kurzgeschichten und Essays. The Buddha of Suburbia, der 1990 erschienene erste Roman des Autors, ist typisch für Kureishis Werk in seiner Darstellung individueller Identitätsprozesse, wie sie sich unter den spezifischen Lebensbedingungen im London postmoderner und postkolonialer Zeit vollziehen. In diesem Sinne setzt sich die vorliegende Arbeit aus einer sowohl postmodernen wie auch postkolonialen Perspektive exemplarisch mit den Problemen und Möglichkeiten von Identitätskonstruktionen in The Buddha of Suburbia auseinander. Der Analyse liegt die Annahme einer prozeßhaften, hybriden, rollenbestimmten Identität zugrunde, die vom Individuum nicht autonom, sondern unter Beeinflussung durch das soziale Umfeld ausgebildet wird. Eine grundlegende Aussage der vorliegenden Arbeit ist, daß Kureishi sich nicht darauf beschränkt, Identitätsprozesse von Immigranten und deren Nachkommen darzustellen, denen im allgemeinen Identitätsprobleme zwischen den Kulturen der alten und der neuen Heimat zugeschrieben werden. Im untersuchten Roman wird aufgezeigt, daß die Ausbildung und Entwicklung von Identität für alle Menschen mit Problemen verbunden sein kann, genauso aber Möglichkeiten eröffnet. Der erste Teil dieser Arbeit dient der Erläuterung einiger theoretischer Hintergründe zum Identitätsbegriff. Die hier skizzierten Konzepte entstammen insbesondere dem Bereich der Sozialwissenschaften und fungieren als Instrumente zur literaturwissenschaftlichen Analyse des Romans. Es folgt ein kurzer Abriß über The Buddha of Suburbia. In einem zweiten Teil wird der Roman unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Identität als autobiographischer Bildungsroman postkolonialer und postmoderner Prägung charakterisiert. Ein dritter Teil schließlich beschäf... ... Read more

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Title: Viejo Niño Rico.(Hanif Kureishi;El cuerpo )(Reseña de libro)
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Novels by Hanif Kureishi, Screenplays by Hanif Kureishi, My Beautiful Laundrette, Venus, the Buddha of Suburbia, Gabriel's Gift, My Son the Fanatic, the Mother, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Intimacy, London Kills Me. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. It stars Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day Lewis. Omar (Gordon Warnecke) is a young man living in 1980s London. His father is a Pakistani journalist who lives in London but hates Britain and its international politics. By contrast, Omar's paternal uncle Nasser is a successful entrepreneur and an active member of the London Asian community. Omar's father asks his uncle to give him a job and, after working for a brief time as a car washer in one of his uncle's garages, he is assigned the task of running a run-down laundrette and turning it into a profitable business. Omar's car is attacked by a group of right-wing extremists shouting racist slogans: among them he recognizes an old friend of his, Johnny (Daniel Day Lewis). Johnny agrees to help Omar, and they resume a love affair which (it is implied) had been interrupted after school. At Nasser's, Omar meets a few other members of the Pakistani community: Tania, Nasser's daughter and possibly a future bride; and Salim, who traffics drugs and hires him to deliver them from the airport. Running out of money, Omar and Johnny sell one of Salim's deliveries to make cash for the laundrette redecoration. The laundrette becomes a success. At the opening day, Nasser visits the store with his mistress, Rachel. They dance together in the laundrette while Omar and Johnny are having sex in the back room. Omar and Johnny...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1428955 ... Read more

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Title: Postethnic Narrative Criticism: Magicorealism in Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, Ana Castillo, Julie Dash, Hanif Kureishi, and Salman Rushdie.(Book Review)
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Chapters: Robert Fisk, James May, Peter Kingsley, Andy Serkis, Sarah Waters, Phil Jones, Hanif Kureishi, Gillian Merron, Eric Greif, Alan Milburn, Irving Hexham, John Freeman, Dave Snowden, Allan Chapman, Richard Allinson, Paul Magrs, Alan Campbell, Lucy Briers, Cyril Tawney, Alec Mchoul, Helen Southworth, Jason Queally, Owen Davies, Jeremaia Waqanisau, Colin Pickthall, Tom Levitt, Brian Clegg, Paul Morris, Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig, Nigel G. Stocks, Austin Tate, Joan Humble, D. F. Lewis, Andy Vores, Bill Taylor, Hilton Dawson, John C. Hull, Harold Perkin, Julian Cobbing, Ranvir Singh, Ralph Ineson, Johari Abdul, Graham Richard James, Richard Cousins, Dorothy Nimmo, Matthew Fort, Antony Burgmans, Gary Waller, Ursula Holden-Gill, Aidan Browne, Lizzie Vann, Debjani Chatterjee, Martin J. Goodman, Adrian Gilbert, Kaleigh Grainger, Christopher Morgan, Andrew Miller, Michael Houghton, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Cyril Guy Ashton, Jacob Polley, Stephen Elboz, Gordon Giles, Ursula Martinez, Nahed Taher, Giles Scott-Smith. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 253. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Driven,Top Gear,Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure,Oz and James Drink to Britain,James May's Top Toys,James May's Toy Stories,James May's 20th Century,James May's Big Ideas James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and award-winning journalist. May is best known as co-presenter of the motoring programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. He also writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph's motoring section. On Top Gear, his nickname is "Captain Slow", owing to his careful driving style. He has carried out some high-speed driving, which has included taking a Bugatti Veyron to its top speed of 407km/h (253.5mph) during an episode of Top Gear. James Ma...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=371685 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 916 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hanif Kureishi. Gabriel's Gift.(Brief Article)
Author: Brian Budzynski
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Date: June 22, 2002
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