{"product_id":"salman-rushdie-and-the-genesis-vijay-mishra-9781350211445","title":"Salman Rushdie and the Genesis of Secrecy","description":"\u003ci\u003eSalman Rushdie and the Genesis of Secrecy\u003c\/i\u003eis the first book to draw extensively from material in the Salman Rushdie archive at Emory University to uncover the makings of the British-Indian writer's modernist poetics. Simultaneously connecting Rushdie with radical non-Western humanism and an essentially English-European sensibility, and therefore questions about world literature, this book argues that a true understanding of the writer lies in uncovering his 'genesis of secrecy' through a close reading of his archive. Topics and materials explored include unpublished novels, plays and screenplays; the earlier versions and drafts of \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003eand its adaptations; understanding Islam and \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e; the influence of cinema; and Rushdie's turn to earlier archives as the secret codes of modernism. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through careful examination of Rushdie's archive, Vijay Mishra demonstrates how Rushdie combines a radically new form of English with a familiarity with the generic registers of Indian, Arabic and Persian literary forms. Together, these present a contradictory orientalism that defines Rushdie's own humanism within the parameters of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vijay Mishra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350211443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350211445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Vijay Mishra","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064357351679,"sku":"9781350211445","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcfe62fb-c2ec-4956-b0d9-c785a14f1e6e.jpg?v=1685395003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salman-rushdie-and-the-genesis-vijay-mishra-9781350211445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}