{"product_id":"my-ear-at-his-heart-reading-my-father-9781416572138","title":"My Ear at His Heart: Reading My Father","description":"\u003cb\u003eDescribed in a recent \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eprofile as a \"postcolonial Philip Roth,\" Hanif Kureishi first captured the attention of audiences and critics in the 1980s with the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha of Suburbia \u003c\/i\u003eand the films \u003ci\u003eMy Beautiful Laundrette \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSammy and Rosie Get Laid\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e In three decades of acclaimed work, Kureishi has written fiction and films exploring a series of interconnected themes about identity and desire--from Islamic radicalism to kinky sex, and from psychoanalysis to the relationships of fathers and sons. After discovering an abandoned manuscript of his father's, hidden for years, Kureishi was compelled to turn his \"unflinching perspective\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e) onto his own history. Like Roth, Martin Amis and Geoffrey Wolfe, who also have written books about their fathers, Kureishi wanted to understand and perhaps to reconcile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Ear at His Heart \u003c\/i\u003eoffers remarkable insight into the birth of a writer, chronicling how Kureishi's own literary calling emerged from the ashes of his father's aspirations. And so begins a journey that takes Kureishi through his father's privileged childhood by the sea in Bombay, through the turbulent birth of Pakistan and to his modest adult life in England--his days spent as a civil servant, his nights writing prose, hopeful of one day receiving literary recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beguiling and complex tale of fact, fiction and family tensions\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMy Ear at His Heart \u003c\/i\u003ewas published to great acclaim in the United Kingdom in 2004 and went on to win the prestigious Prix France Culture Etranger. Now, this profound work from one of the most compelling artists of our time is at last available in a Scribner edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanif Kureishi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416572138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanif Kureishi is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is the author of nine novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha of Suburbia \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel), \u003ci\u003eThe Black Album, Intimacy, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Nothing. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was twice nominated for Oscars for best original screenplay (\u003ci\u003eMy Beautiful Laundrette\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVenus, \u003c\/i\u003e which starred Peter O'Toole). In 2010 Kureishi received the prestigious PEN\/Pinter Prize. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409872646259,"sku":"9781416572138","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_88a0a146-4133-4aa8-98f6-0edafe50b4ce.jpg?v=1771939256","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/my-ear-at-his-heart-reading-my-father-9781416572138","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}