Rohinton Mistry

Peter Morey, Martin Hargreaves, Martin Hargreaves , Martin Hargreaves

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Manchester University Press
16 September 2004

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: Contemporary World Writers

The award-winning novelist Rohinton Mistry is recognised as one of the most important contemporary writers of postcolonial literature. This study - the first of its kind - will provide scholars and students with an insight into the key features of Mistry's work. Peter Morey suggests how the author's writing can be read in terms of recent Indian political history, his native Zoroastrian culture and ethos, conventions of oral storytellling common to Persia and South Asia, and the experience of migration which now sees him living in Canada. The texts are viewed through the lens of diaspora and minority discourse theories to show how Mistry's writing is illustrative of marginal positions in relation to sanctioned national identities. -- .

By: Peter Morey
Index by: Martin Hargreaves, Martin Hargreaves, Martin Hargreaves
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780719067150
ISBN 10: 0719067154
Series: Contemporary World Writers
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 16 September 2004
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Series Editor's Foreword List of Abbreviations Chronology 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 -- .

Peter Morey is Senior Lecturer in Literature in the School of Cultural and Innovation Studies at the University of East London

Reviews for Rohinton Mistry

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