Autor Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi patří k nejnadanějším a nejúspěšnějším spisovatelům současné Británie a Láska ve smutné době je jeho vůbec prvním souborem povídek. Hrdinové všech deseti příběhů mají mládí většinou úspěšně za sebou a nejsou si jistí, co by mělo následovat…
'Excellent.' New York TimesHanif Kureishi has been writing about the tensions between Islam and the West for over twenty years. In recent times the argument has evolved from one of constructive discussion to one of a refusal to engage - where the bomb…
A wonderfully colourful, warm and epic novel of London life, love, sex and regret from one of Britain's greatest contemporary writers. Jamal is a successful psychoanalyst haunted by his first love and a brutal act of violence from which he can never…
Over the course of the last 12 years, Hanif Kureishi has written short fiction. The stories are, by turns, provocative, erotic, tender, funny and charming as they deal with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children. This collection…
This is the new novel from Hanif Kureishi: an outrageous, clever and very funny story of sex, lies, art and what defines a life. Mamoon is an eminent Indian-born writer who has made a career in England - but now, in his early 70s, his reputation is fading,…
Offering a collection of short fiction and essays, this book is centered around the vexed relationship between love and hate.
Hate skews reality even more than love. In the story of a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, an essay about the writing of Kureishi's acclaimed film Le Week-End, and an account of Kafka's relationship with his father, readers will find…
The Nothing is Hanif Kureishi's powerful new work: a tense and captivating exploration of lust, helplessness, and deception.
'No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life.' - William BoydComic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's new collection of essays and fiction. No topic is too fringe or too mainstream for this insatiable-and…
'No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life.' - William BoydComic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's new collection of essays and fiction.
Deals with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children. This title contains the author's controversial story "Weddings and Beheadings", as well as his prophetic "My Son the Fanatic", which exposes the religious…
Hanif Kureishi's cinematic storytelling embraces a wide spectrum of characters from all classes and nationalities, depicting them with compassion, humour and relish, though never fighting shy of controversy. This volume comprises four of Kureishi's screenplays.…
'Hanif Kureishi's literary memoir explores his relationship with his father, a failed writer. Kurieshi is, of course, hugely successful...' EsquireAmongst a batch of papers, Hanif Kureishi discovered an abandoned manuscript - a novel, written by his…
This collection begins in the early 1980s with The Rainbow Sign, which was written as the Introduction to the screenplay of My Beautiful Laundrette. It allowed Kureishi to expand upon the issues raised by the film: race, class, sexuality - issues that…
Karim žije so svojim indickým otcom a anglickou matkou na londýnskom predmestí. Roky jeho dospievania zmení otcova premena zo sivého úradníka na budhu z predmestia, ktorý si opantá skupinku ľudí veriacich, že jeho východná múdrosť nie je len zásterka…
Hlavním hrdinou nového vtipného, křehkého románu je patnáctiletý chlapec Gabriel ze severního Londýna, který je nucen vyrovnat se s novým způsobem života poté, co je rovnováha jeho rodiného zázemí do základů otřesena rozchodem rodičů a následným odchodem…
„Zajtra urobím niečo, čo im ublíži a čo ich poznamená na celý život.“ Štyridsiatnik Jay stojí pred vážnym životným rozhodnutím – chce opustiť svoju ženu Susan, ktorú už nemiluje, aj dvoch malých milovaných synov. Román Intimita zachytáva jeho poslednú…
