PilgrimageHanif Kureishi's The Buddha of suburbia
ISSN: 0211-5913
Datum der Publikation: 1994
Titel der Ausgabe: Narrativa postcolonial/postmodernista en lengua inglesa
Nummer: 28
Seiten: 53-64
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses
Zusammenfassung
Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia fulfills two basic requirements. On the one hand, the novel works as a caleidoscope of British society at the end of the XXth century. It lets us have a look at such aspects racist violence, the birth and development of punk music, or the situation of theatre in London by the end of the 1970s, just to name a few subjects Kureishi deals with. On the other hand, The Buddha of Suburbia is an account of Karim Amir’s pilgrimage to find himself, bearing in mind he is a half-bred born in a split-up family in the middle of a society that is in a crisis.