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Informationen zum Autor Peter Morey is Senior Lecturer in Literature in the School of Cultural and Innovation Studies at the University of East London Klappentext 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. "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 Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsSeries Editor's ForewordList of AbbreviationsChronology1. Contexts and intertexts2. 'Throbbing between two lives': The structures of migration in Tales from Firozsha Baag3. Mistry's hollow men: Language, lies and the crisis of representation in Such a Long Journey4. Thread and circuses: Performing in the spaces of city and nation in A Fine Balance5. Running repairs: Corruption, community and duty in Family Matters6. Critical overview7. Conclusion - Rohinton Mistry: International man of storiesNotes Select BibliographyIndex
