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UNISA996207149403316 |
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Autore |
Morey Peter |
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Titolo |
Rohinton Mistry / / Peter Morey |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2010 |
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©2004 |
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1-84779-591-9 |
1-5261-2065-8 |
1-78170-058-3 |
1-280-73460-4 |
9786610734603 |
1-84779-103-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages) : digital file(s) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary world writers |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature |
Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers |
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General |
Asia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
First published: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-204) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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