Fetch East, West Interpreted By Salman Rushdie Distributed As Publication

beautiful samples of typical Rusdie flavours, All are great These novels are very varied, There are some very short and relatively long in some, Of course, we find the usual writing of Salman Rushdie and the pleasure of reading it, as in others, we are dealing with a kind of oriental tale, as is the case with "The hair of the prophet".
An early collection of geographically separated stories by Salman Rushdie, Comprising of three stories each for the segments East, West and East and West, it's an easy read, but not exactly satisfying, I would have rated it lower had it not been for the final story, The Courter, The story of a hall porter and "courter" of the narrator's ayah Mary, it is borrowed from Rushdie's own complicated life, It has shades of Midnight's Children and some of its poignancy, As such, it is the only one that rings true,

There are a couple of other amusing stories, From the segment East, The Free Radio, of a hapless rickshaw driver who falls into the hands of an unscrupulous widow who makes him dream impossible dreams.
Also from East, The Prophet's Hair, the story of a liberal man turning into a conservative monster as soon as he comes upon a hair of the Prophet Mohammed.
And from East and West, Chekov and Zulu, of an ideological difference between two Trekkie friends who go by the names Chekov and Zulu.


What makes this story collection almost unpalatable is the whole of West, The three stories that comprise it highlight not so much as the West's supposed moral bankruptcy as it does Rushdie's reluctance to go beyond that trope.
I expected more of him, This was a good collection of short stories, couple of which bordered into fantasy which to my greater delight and surprise I enjoyed! This book has three parts East, West, EastWest, with very different writing styles.
East was a collection of stories which very much reminded me of someone like Manto the writing style of his translated work, The themes/stories not as evocative for me,/. Though the story 'the prophet's hair' in East collection was a giant ball of absurdity which I enjoyed, West./. I loved it! The writing style, subtle humor, narrative and touch of fantasy! Pleasurable, Fun! It led me to want to explore Rushdie more, : EastWest was good. Overall, a good enjoyable collection, I read this book with my husband in a hosptial in India, after he had an attack from his leukemia, I read this series of short stories to him as he lay in his hospital bed, He was very ill in a foreign country, and despite these very frigthening circumstances, we laughed till we cried, convinced that this book could speak to no one else in the world more directly than to us.
This was my first Rushdie book ever read, and all I can say is that i am very happy for choosing this lecture on a calm Friday afternoon.


The stories are wellwritten I have mosly enjoyed the first part The East, but overall the book is great anyway and Rushdie knows how to combine words in an excellent mix of a true born storyteller and an exotic thinker.


/stars! Rating:.stars

Okay. Rushdie is just a master,

These short stories had so much depth to them, and I loved that they were still enjoyable to read, You think you're getting these fun stories about fantasy and reality, but in fact each one had its own unique message, My favorites are The Courter and At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers, though each story had its own merits.


An enjoyable read overall! I will note that I am glad I was able to talk about most of the stories in class, because otherwise I probably wouldn't understand most of the messages.
. . This is a lovely collection of short stories, it really is, Divided into three parts East, West, East West, it is written in a variety of styles, I read this book today in one sitting and found it quite an endearing read, Salman Rushie does really well in the short form, I'm really glad I picked this one

in the library today, I actually wrote a rather lengthily review and then I accidentally deleted it, What is one to do Instead of writing another lengthily review, I'll just grade the stories separately and write bullet reviews,

EAST
GOOD ADVICE IS RARER THAN RUBIES/
Surprisingly optimist and heartwarming ending was not what I expected, but it felt appropriate enough.
I quite liked this one,
THE FREE RADIO/
A successful short story, quite depressive and gloom in tone but it feels all the more authentic for it.

THE PROPHET'S HAIR/
It is written in what I would call Rushie's own style of magic realism and thus quite delightful in its mix of subtle irony, dark humor and sincere tragedy.


WEST
YORICK/
This story that puts words into mouth of fictional characters like Hamlet and Ophelia is interestingly written.
The experimental style of writing is a nice change, but quite frankly I found it a bit hard to follow,
AT THE AUCTION OF THE RUBY SLIPPERS/
Set in a future world, this story talks of a man who attends an auction for legendary ruby slippers in hope of winning a lost love.
I quite liked its clever commentary on consumerism and its fantastical elements,
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE QUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN CONSUMMATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP/
One more story belonging to magic realism, this wonderfully imaginative tale will be hard to forget.


EAST, WEST
THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES/
Excellent portraying of characters and a fantastic ending make it stand out.

CHEKHOV AND ZULU/
At times a bit hard to follow, maybe because the Star Trek references and metaphors took a life of their own.
I was having a hard time figuring who among the Star Trek is supposed to represent who in the modern India are Klingons a metaphor for Sikhs Still, it is a wonderfully written story that speaks of two friends and their relationship.

THE COURTIER/
A touching tale that touches on many aspects of life of one immigrant family, The people they come in contact with have tales of their own to tell, Especially sweet was the unexpected romance between an elderly Indian Aya nanny and a Slavic porter who suffered a stroke and who knows what else, but could still play chess as a master he used to be and teach it to Aya.
Enjoyed the Indian "East" short stories tremendously, Somehow did not relate much actually not at all to the "West" stories somehow in those, felt he was trying too hard to impress when simple is what he does best although since I've not read Rushdie before have no clue what he does best but that was my impression that he was trying to capture an audience not familiar with him.
. . Maybe I failed to see the message of the collection, "Yorrick" just didn't seem to fit in with the other themes but maybe I was expecting far too much East and disappointed there was less.
. Of the "West" stories only the auction of the "Ruby Red Shoes" pulled any chords with me, This does not put me off Rushdie am glad I got a taste of him, though I will be more selective in choosing the next one of his.
Espantosamente para mim que muito admiro este grande escritor, este é um livro irregular, inferior, Colectânea de contos rápidos pretende mostrar os abismos culturais e sociais entre o oriente e o ocidente, De uma forma no entanto que não convence de todo, e que prova que este género literário não é mesmo a sua praia.
Recomendo a leitura de toda a sua obra à excepção deste, Ill start off by saying that Im not really a fan or avid reader of short stories, so this probably impacted my thoughts on the book.
A few of the short stories were entertaining, but overall I kind of missed the point or the central thesis of all of the stories.
Not a huge fan, but it was a quick read, .