Salman Rushdie - East, West <AudioBook>

East, West is an anthology of short stories written by Salman Rushdie in 1994. The book is divided into three main sections, entitled "East", "West", and "East, West", each section containing stories whose topics center around their respective geographical areas (in the "East, West" section both worlds are influenced by each other). Though Rushdie himself never divulged the exact inspirations for his stories in East, West, it is common thought that the central themes of each of his stories are based around his personal experiences as an immigrant in England during the time of the fatwas issued against his life. Rushdie weaves in lots of pop cultural references into his stories, just as television and Western media such as MTV and movies like Rambo have become popular throughout the world and on the Indian subcontinent. The influence and travels of Indians and Indian culture is also shown in the West.

East
Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies
The Free Radio- deals with the issue of government attempts to address family planning and high birth rates.
The Prophet's Hair - the story involves a relic that contains Muhammad's hair that was stolen out of the Hazratbal mosque in Kashmir. In reality this mosque claims to have this relic.

West
Yorick - a fictional account of the childhood life of Prince Hamlet and his father's court jester Yorick, of the Shakespeare play bearing his name.
At The Auction of the Ruby Slippers - the ruby slippers refer to the slippers of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz. (Note that in the written story of the Wizard of Oz these slippers were silver. In the movie adaptation however these slippers were ruby).
Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate Their Relationship (Santa Fé, AD 1492)

East, West
The Harmony of the Spheres
Chekov and Zulu - the main characters are named after Pavel Chekov and Hikaru Sulu, two fictional characters in Star Trek.
The Courter

01 - Intro
02 - Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies
03 - The Free Radio
04 - The Prophet's Hair
05 - Yorick
06 - At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers
07 - Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consumate their Relationship
08 - The Harmony of the Spheres
09 - Chekov and Zulu
10 - The Courter











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