Tag Archives: postcolonialism
Leaps of faith and faithlessness
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/04/leaps-faith-and-faithlessness.html Sara Veal Taking place over the course of a long London summer in 2001, Robin Yassin-Kassab’s debut novel offers a nuanced depiction of Islam, and explores religion, identity and love among an increasingly post-cultural society. Sami Traifi, a second-generation … Continue reading
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Rewriting the white man’s burden
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/16/rewriting-white-man039s-burden.html Sara Veal Patrick Neate describes his latest novel, which concludes the loose trilogy that began with Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko and Twelve Bar Blues, as “a far-flung tale of three generations of a family rooted in … Continue reading
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Patrick Neate, A man with many voices
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/07/08/patrick-neate-a-man-with-many-voices.html Sara Veal Patrick Neate has written five novels and won several writing awards, but he never set out to become a novelist. “I still can’t quite believe that’s what happened and I always have a vague notion that I’m … Continue reading
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