Greetings from Bury Park

Zusatztext "Charming and affectionate. . . . [The novel] rises above the predictable coming-of-age genre on the strength of Manzoor's unflinching honesty and his unique world view. . . . You don't have to be a Springsteen fan to enjoy this book or understand Manzoor's devotion. You just have to recall a time when you were still open enough that music had the power to shatter the world view you inherited."  —The Miami Herald "The age-old immigrant's story of hungry hearts and divided loyalties is delivered with uncommon honesty and understanding."  — Pico Iyer!  Time  (Europe) "[ Blinded by the Light ] vibrantly displays a modest and unpretentious sense of optimism! and offers the hope that by connecting with our own choices in music we can transcend cultural and generational differences to reach personal freedom without denying our need to belong."  —The Guardian “Wonderful. . . . Manzoor [writes with] insight! compassion! humor and self-awareness.”  —The Sunday Times "A clever memoir from an unlikely fan of Bruce Springsteen."  —The New York Post  “Quirky. . . . Brilliant. . . . Offers an interesting insight into the psyche of an avid fan.” — The Independent   “Successfully evokes not only a particular time and place! but! more importantly! a pervasive sense of marginality. . . . A very personal narrative of love! separation! loss and guilt.” — New Statesman Informationen zum Autor Sarfraz Manzoor Klappentext The inspiration for the smash Sundance hit, soon to be a major motion picture, "Blinded by the Light": The acclaimed memoir about the power of Bruce Springsteen's music on a young Pakistani boy growing up in Britain in the 1970s. Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when, in 1974, he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain with his mother, brother, and sister. Sarfraz spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But it was when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen that his life changed completely. From the age of sixteen on, after the moment he heard the harmonica and opening lines to "The River," Springsteen became his personal muse, a lens through which he was able to view the rest of his life. Both a tribute to Springsteen and a story of personal discovery, Greetings from Bury Park is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race. My Father's House I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts `My Father's House', Bruce Springsteen In the summer of 1995 I was twenty-three years old; an unemployed British Pakistani with shoulder-length dread-locks, a silver nose ring and a strange fascination with Bruce Springsteen. It had been six years since I had last lived with my family; having left to study in Manchester there had never been a reason to return to my hometown, Luton. After graduating in economics I had assumed I would be deluged with lucrative offers of employment but these had failed to materialise. While my friends were beginning careers in accountancy and medicine I was most successful at being fired from low-paid temporary jobs: I had been sacked from a data-inputting job for only typing with one hand and doodling with the other, and fired from a credit control agency for having stuck an obscene Public Enemy lyric scribbled on a Post-it to my computer screen. The longest job I had was as a directory enquiries operator. Being a slacker had never been a specific career goal but it was a lifestyle to which I seemed suspiciously suited. My parents had assumed that once I graduated I would return to Luton with a degree and a job, but despite my lack of career and cash I was still not willing to come home....

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarfraz Manzoor
• Editore: Vintage USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.04.2008
• EAN: 9780307388025
• ISBN: 978-0-307-38802-5
• Pagine: 269
• Dimensioni: 210 mm x 114 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Vintage Departures; Vintage Departures
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie