Hanif Kureishi: Postcolonial Storyteller

by Kenneth C. Kaleta

Book Overview

"Hanif Kureishi is a proper Englishman. Almost." So observes biographer Kenneth Kaleta. Well known for his films My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, the Anglo-Asian screenwriter, essayist, and novelist has become one of the leading portrayers of Britain's multicultural society. His work raises important questions of personal and national identity as it probes the experience of growing up in one culture with roots...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292743335
• ISBN13: 9780292743335
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"