Imaginary Homelands Essays and Criticism 1981-1991 (Ingls)-Envo rpido

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Literature of the highest order, Michael FootA book bristling with intelligence, deeply held opinions, and wonderful flights of fancy, Boston GlobePlayful profound and is never less than instructive. He holds nothing back, New York NewsdayA deft, various, and humane collection — Christopher Hitchens, IndependentMore intelligence and intellectual courage than most writers summon up in a lifetime, The Times Biografía del autor Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen novels ? Grimus, Midnight?s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor?s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights, The Golden House and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for hte Booker Prize) ? and one collection of short stories: East, West. He has also published four works of non-fiction ? Joseph Anton, The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, and Step Across This Line ? and co-edited two anthologies, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Stories 2008. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.