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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.
- Hanif Kureishi
- 1990
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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The Buddha of Suburbia is semi-autobiographical: Kureishi was born in Kent to a Pakistani father and an English mother, and his father was from a wealthy family. Kureishi attended several colleges and finally completed a philosophy degree at King's College London.
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May 1, 1991 · While sometimes covering material that could be considered shocking, The Buddha of Suburbia is, at its foundation, a conservative novel -- although it employs shock in many ways. The author utilizes emotive jolts to convey sentiment, to provide details about many of the characters in the novel, and to explain the perspectives of the characters.
- Hanif Kureishi
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When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announces itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving – albeit with some rude and raucous results. With the publication of Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi landed into the literary landscape as a distinct new voice and a fearless taboo-breaking writer.
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Jan 8, 2009 · Generally, the wrong way to have sex is frivolously, out of wedlock, with one’s same gender, and in youth—Karim breaks all of these “rules” in Buddha.With so many outrageous events throughout The Buddha of Suburbia, it is easy to assume that the piece is liberal at its core— the graphic sex and popular music embedded in the novel ...
- Hanif Kureishi
The Buddha of Suburbia. Hanif Kureishi. Faber & Faber, Jan 8, 2009 - Fiction - 288 pages. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 'A wonderful novel. I doubt I will read a funnier one, or one with more heart, this year, possibly this decade.'. Angela Carter, Guardian The hero of Hanif Kureishi's first novel is Karim, a dreamy teenager ...
