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| Title | : | The Buddha of Suburbia |
| Author | : | Hanif Kureishi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1991 by Penguin Books (first published May 7th 1990) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. European Literature. British Literature |
Hanif Kureishi
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.73 | 13973 Users | 786 Reviews
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Karim Amir lives with his English mother and Indian father in the routine comfort of suburban London, enduring his teenage years with good humor, always on the lookout for adventure and sexual possibilities. Life gets more interesting, however, when his father becomes the Buddha of Suburbia, beguiling a circle of would-be mystics. And when the Buddha falls in love with one of his disciples, the beautiful and brazen Eva, Karim is introduced to a world of renegade theater directors, punk rock stars, fancy parties, and all the sex a young man could desire. A love story for at least two generations, a high-spirited comedy of sexual manners and social turmoil, The Buddha of Suburbia is one of the most enchanting, provocative, and original books to appear in years.
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| Original Title: | The Buddha of Suburbia |
| ISBN: | 014013168X (ISBN13: 9780140131680) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
| Literary Awards: | Whitbread Award for First Novel (1990) |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Buddha of Suburbia
Ratings: 3.73 From 13973 Users | 786 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Buddha of Suburbia
I grew up in Beckenham, the exact part of London suburbia in which this novel is set. To my knowledge it's the only time a novel has ever been set in Beckenham - in fact, it's probably the only time a novel has even mentioned Beckenham in passing.So I very much enjoyed the opening chapters of the book, narrated by the teenaged Karim and telling of his father who becomes the 'Buddha of Suburbia'. I loved the way that the father is presumed to know the secrets of 'Eastern' wisdom simply because heKarim is a mixed race teenager, son to a Indian father who is working as a dull bureaucrat, and an English mother and living in the South London suburbs. His only aim is to escape to the bright lights of the city, not far geographically, but a place of opportunity and excitement. Having finished school he has no idea what he wants to do, and when the chance of becoming an actor presents itself, he jumps at the chance.In the meantime his parents have split up. His father has moved in with a lady
3 1/2 starsKarim Amir, teenage South London suburban dweller in the 1970s, lives in a complicated world. He's the son of an Indian immigrant and an English mother; he is madly in love with the son of a woman his father might be having an affair with and this person seems to really only be capable of loving himself (but he loves himself a great deal), his father is turning into some eastern guru, his mother is crying a lot and his brother, well, who knows what his brother is doing because Karim
I grew up in a place called Bromley, which is a sort of no-man's-land between London and Kent, and unclaimed by either. Nothing happens there: the main activities are adultery and backing out of Waitrose carpark. Its list of famous former residents is limited to HG Wells (blue plaque outside Argos) and David Bowie (then plain old David Jones), who went to school at a local polytechnic before running for the hills at the earliest opportunity. (That twanging pronunciation he has is the Bromley
The Buddha of Suburbia had been warmly recommended by a friend, but I dont think he had any idea how much I would (bizarrely) relate to this book when he recommended it. This bildungsroman about the son of an Indian immigrant coming of age in the South London suburbs in the 1970s can seem as far from my life as one can imagine. But the thing about Karims father Haroon, is that he one day improvises himself as a meditation/spiritual teacher, and leaves Karims mother for one of the enthusiastic
Karim is a mixed race teenager, son to a Indian father who is working as a dull bureaucrat, and an English mother and living in the South London suburbs. His only aim is to escape to the bright lights of the city, not far geographically, but a place of opportunity and excitement. Having finished school he has no idea what he wants to do, and when the chance of becoming an actor presents itself, he jumps at the chance.In the meantime his parents have split up. His father has moved in with a lady
One of the best and funniest coming of age stories I have ever read
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