Buddha of Suburbia. Faber & Faber : London, 1990. Whit this novel , Hanif Kuresihi won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel. You will find here the tragicomic story of Karim Amir and his family in a London Suburb.This novel deals with the destruction of the family, with the racially charged seventies and its manners and customs,but over all , with a wistful vision of the cosmopolitan glamour in these years. |
Outskirts and Other plays, Faber & Faber : London , 1992 With this play , he won the George Devine Award in 1981. Comments in Progress |
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The Black Album, Faber & Faber: London,1995. Kureishi´s second novel deals with love , liberalism and fundamentalism. Shahid , the main character, goes to the London of 1989 , the year of the fatwath. In this case he changes his tragicomic style for a new one and the result is an interesting thriller with a background of raves, ecstasy, religious ferment and sexual passion. |
Love in a Blue Time, Faber & Faber : London, 1997. This is the first collection of his short-stories. My Son the Fanatic , included in this book , was adapted for film in 1998. Comments in progress |
Intimacy, Faber & Faber: London,1998. During one night, Jay, has to decide if he leaves his partner and their two sons. In this novel , we find a flow of thoughts, ironical commentaries, agonies and ups and downs in their relation. Kureishi´s tone is more serious and he reflects part of his maturity by means of what goes on inside and by facing up to a complicated topic : the valuable privacy. |