This volume on Rushdie’s early fiction consists of several introductory essays that give a lay reader a basic understanding of Rushdie’s literary strategies, and several essays of complex analyses of themse and techniques in his first four novels. Most of the essays were published in various academic journals and/or given as plenary addresses at various conferences.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Uma Parameswaran
Uma Parameswaran was born and educated in India, and has lived in Canada since 1966. She has a Ph.D. from Michigan State University and is Professor of English at the university f Winnipeg. She us the author of numerous critical essays on postcolonial literatures and of several works of fiction, including Riding High with Krishna and a baseball bat & other Stories (2006), Mangoes on the maple Tyree (2002), The Sweet Smell of Mother’s Milk-Wet Bodice (2001), and award winning What was Always Hers/(1999). She lives in Winnipeg with her husband, who is a mathematician.
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