Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city. But his father is no ordinary Dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the East.

THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA

Jamal Khan, a psychoanalyst in his fifties living in London, is haunted by memories of his teens: his first love, Ajita; the exhilaration of sex, drugs and politics; and a brutal act of violence which changed his life for ever. Jamal's teenage traumas make a shocking return into his present life.

Something to Tell You

Que s'est-il passé ? - Occasion

Something to tell you

"Comme à son habitude, Hanif Kureishi explore les travers des relations amoureuses avec une froide précision, un humour spirituel, une compréhension des vérités essentielles.
""Le septième roman d'Hanif Kureishi est diaboliquement drôle : du sexe, de la jalousie, un escroc vieillissant, désabusé - il réunit tout cela dans L'Air de rien, une histoire de triangle amoureux, une intrigue digne d'un film noir."" The Times"

L'Air de rien

Over the course of the last 12 years, Hanif Kureishi has written short fiction. The stories are, by turns, provocative, erotic, tender, funny and charming as they deal with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children.This collection contains his controversial story Weddings and Beheadings, a well as his prophetic My Son the Fanatic, which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit. As with his novels and screenplays, Kureishi has his finger on the pulse of the political tensions in society and how they affect people's everyday lives.

Le déclin de l'Occident

It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back.'Jay is leaving his partner and their two sons. As the long night before his departure unfolds he remembers the ups and downs of his relationship with Susan. In an unforgettable, and often pitiless, reflection of their time together he analyses the agonies and the joys of trying to make a life with another person.

Intimacy

Jamal, psychanalyste d'une cinquantaine d'années, connaît un certain succès. Suivant le rythme de ses consultations, professionnelles et amicales, sa vie est marquée par la régularité et l'écoute. Cette sérénité apparente masque néanmoins de nombreux tourments personnels. Jamal n'a rien oublié de son enfance dans la banlieue des années 1970, d'un premier amour, dont il n'a pas fait le deuil, et d'un événement tragique, qui continue à le hanter... Tout vacille lorsque deux témoins d'un passé longtemps refoulé resurgissent dans sa vie... Hanif Kureishi restitue avec brio la liberté, l'euphorie et les luttes sociales qui ont marqué l'Angleterre durant quarante ans. Il donne vie à des personnages magnifiques qui cherchent à procurer un sens à leur existence chaotique.

THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA

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