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The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) is a novel by English author Hanif Kureishi, which won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel. The novel has been translated into 20 languages and was also made into a four-part drama series by the BBC in 1993.
May 7, 1990 · The Buddha of Suburbia is a unique work of postmodern realism built around the subaltern themes of the diasporic, the suburban, and the matters of class set within 1970s England. The narration flows like life flows — real life, and not what life in fiction is carefully moulded into — and progresses in no particular direction; while ...
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Jan 8, 2009 · A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. All the while, Hanif Kureishi keeps the tone lively with wry wit.
- Hanif Kureishi
A concise biography of Hanif Kureishi plus historical and literary context for The Buddha of Suburbia.
May 1, 1991 · A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. All the while, Hanif Kureishi keeps the tone lively with wry wit.
The hero of Hanif Kureishi’s debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
Sep 17, 2012 · The Buddha of suburbia. by. Hanif Kureishi. Publication date. 1991. Topics. East Indians -- England -- Fiction, Fathers and sons -- Fiction, Boys -- Fiction, London (England) -- Fiction. Publisher. Penguin Books.
Jan 8, 2009 · The hero of Hanif Kureishi's first novel is Karim, a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
May 1, 1991 · The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
The Buddha of Suburbia, by Hanif Kureishi, is a coming-of-age novel that explores significant themes of identity, class, and race in 1970s London. Karim Amir, the protagonist and narrator, tells the story of his maturation against a backdrop of political and social change, as he attempts to create himself, discover his place in life, and grow ...
Meet the hero of Hanif Kureishi's seminal debut novel, as he dreams of escape from suburban South London, desperate to experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
May 9, 2024 · Hanif Kureishi, who was left tetraplegic by a fall in Rome in 2022, has "spoken movingly" about the sustenance he has drawn from the prospect of this RSC staging of his debut novel, "The Buddha...
Emma Rice adapts the award-winning 1990 novel, which was later turned into an acclaimed TV series, with Hanif Kureishi. On stage it becomes an irresistible, heart-breaking and joyful exploration of family, friends, sex, theatre and, ultimately, belonging.
May 1, 2024 · The incendiary 1990 book teems with incident and ideas – an irreverent, orgiastic odyssey following Karim, a mixed-race bisexual teenager, from his fraught family life in the 1970s suburbs to the...
Aug 1, 2003 · by Hanif Kureishi (Author), Christopher Simpson (Narrator) 4.2 1,558 ratings. See all formats and editions. The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
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Jul 2, 2010 · The Buddha of suburbia. by. Kureishi, Hanif. Publication date. 1995. Publisher. London : Faber & Faber. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary.
May 1, 1991 · The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
Hanif Kureishi is the author of novels (including The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album and Intimacy), story collections (Love in a Blue Time, Midnight All Day, The Body), plays (including Outskirts, Borderline and Sleep With Me), and screenplays (including My Beautiful Laundrette, My Son the Fanatic and Venus).
May 4, 2017 · The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
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