Rohinton Mistry

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rohinton Mistry
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Morey
Index by Martin Hargreaves
SeriesContemporary World Writers
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780719067150
ClassificationsDewey:823
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 16 September 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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. -- .

Author Biography

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

Reviews

"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