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schwarzer_elch's review
4.0
“Home” es parte de la serie Vintage Minis, que reúne textos de diferentes autores que reflexionen en torno a un tema específico. En este caso, Rushdie nos habla acerca de la pertenencia y la identidad, basándose en su experiencia como inmigrante indio que ha vivido tanto en Reino Unido como en Pakistán. Es la primera vez que leo a este autor y he quedado muy satisfecho con el resultado.
Las reflexiones del autor son bastante interesantes y visibilizan y cuestionan muchos conceptos que tenemos, tales como el de raíces y patria. No es un texto académico, sino, simplemente, una recopilación de diferentes escritos en lo que se reflexiona en torno a estos temas. Si no me equivoco, los dos primeros son textos autobiográficos, mientras que el último es un extracto de una novela (autobiográfica también).
Creo que para los que tenemos ganas de ahondar en los temas que nos hacen humanos, la colección Vintage Minis es una excelente opción. Además, para los que disfrutamos de la buena literatura, Rushdie es un autor al que debemos prestarle mucha atención.
Las reflexiones del autor son bastante interesantes y visibilizan y cuestionan muchos conceptos que tenemos, tales como el de raíces y patria. No es un texto académico, sino, simplemente, una recopilación de diferentes escritos en lo que se reflexiona en torno a estos temas. Si no me equivoco, los dos primeros son textos autobiográficos, mientras que el último es un extracto de una novela (autobiográfica también).
Creo que para los que tenemos ganas de ahondar en los temas que nos hacen humanos, la colección Vintage Minis es una excelente opción. Además, para los que disfrutamos de la buena literatura, Rushdie es un autor al que debemos prestarle mucha atención.
nirbhai's review
3.0
It's always a delight to read Rushdie. For me, his writing is much more about how he writes than what he writes about. His amazingly interwoven, well-punctuated, and comfortably long sentences talk about a lot at once but are specific enough to make sense in the first go.
Albeit a short one, this book, as all his writing, was a piece of art. Though it is about the notion of home, it is from the perspective of lacking one and hence longing for it - which I didn't find too appealing.
Albeit a short one, this book, as all his writing, was a piece of art. Though it is about the notion of home, it is from the perspective of lacking one and hence longing for it - which I didn't find too appealing.
richa087's review
4.0
Me and my brother have been trying to read Rushdie since we were kids. I seriously do not know why we tried to read him in our kidhood but we did. And of course, we both could never digest his books. We just could not. The language was tough, the flow of his writing was non-linear, he described almost EVERY aspect of everything mentioned in his book in DETAIL (I could not go beyond the chapter on the nose in The Midnight's Children) and obviously, it was too much for our kiddy brains to comprehend. So, we started looking for his sleek-est works thinking maybe we can understand those ones but wow, we underestimated this man! His thin books were more complex and we just could not gauge his thoughts! This tiny book made its way to my collection during the course of that idea and I got introduced to the 'worlds and words of Rushdie'.
All my pre-conceived bitterly held notions of Rushdie's writing came apart at the seams when I read this compilation of 4 excerpts from different works on the theme of Home. He writes about what Home means to him, how the change in landscapes and territories changed him and his views on his homeland, what it means to be an immigrant, how he could not accept his father's decision to move across the border, how he was treated as an outsider in his country and as an outsider in the UK, how he navigated the life of an expat and how he holds close his right to form opinions and comment on the occurrences of his nation even if he stays abroad. His writing is like a maze, he does not clearly state what he is trying to say, rather he will give you examples, take you back in the past, throw you in the future and then pull you back to the present. But, he makes this temporal ride, a hell of an enjoyable, exhilarating roller coaster.
This makes me want to pick up my Rushdie's books, the sleek and the thick ones and explore why the world loves him. To reading more of Rushdie in years to come.
All my pre-conceived bitterly held notions of Rushdie's writing came apart at the seams when I read this compilation of 4 excerpts from different works on the theme of Home. He writes about what Home means to him, how the change in landscapes and territories changed him and his views on his homeland, what it means to be an immigrant, how he could not accept his father's decision to move across the border, how he was treated as an outsider in his country and as an outsider in the UK, how he navigated the life of an expat and how he holds close his right to form opinions and comment on the occurrences of his nation even if he stays abroad. His writing is like a maze, he does not clearly state what he is trying to say, rather he will give you examples, take you back in the past, throw you in the future and then pull you back to the present. But, he makes this temporal ride, a hell of an enjoyable, exhilarating roller coaster.
This makes me want to pick up my Rushdie's books, the sleek and the thick ones and explore why the world loves him. To reading more of Rushdie in years to come.
vandana's review
4.0
Interesting book. The first couple of stories really resonated with me. Whilst I thought that the last story was nice, I'm not sure it was that in line with the theme. Overall, a good read, and I think I'll probably pick up something else by Rushdie soon.
soyouwinagain's review
4.0
I liked that this was a mix of fiction and nonfiction. At first, the style was not that easy to get into, but once I got used to it I really enjoyed it and am now looking forward to reading another book by Rushdie that I already own!