{"product_id":"east-west-salman-rushdie","title":"East, West (Salman Rushdie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover a brilliant collection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. With one foot in the East and one foot in the West, this collection reveals the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e - for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary - \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuichotte\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVictory City\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eKnife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65936666820957,"sku":"K005750190","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/east-west-salman-rushdie","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}