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Gabriel's Gift: A Novel

By Hanif Kureishi

Gabriel's Gift: A Novel Contemporary literature

Gabriel's Gift: A Novel

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Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musicisn, has been chucked out of the house. His mother works nights in a pub and sleeps days. Navigating his way through the shattered world of his parents' generation, Gabriel dreams of being an artist. He finds solace and guidance through a mysterious connection to his deceased twin brother, Archie, and his own knack for proudcing real objects simply by drawing them. A chance visit with mega-millionaire rock star Lester Jones, his father's former band mate, provides Gabriel with the means to heal the rift within his family. Kureishi portrays Gabriels' naive hope and artistic aspirations with the same insight and searing honesty that he brought to the Indian-Anglo experience in The Buddha of Suburbia and to infidelity in Intimacy. Gabriel's Gift is a humorous and tender meditation on failure, redemption, the nature of talent, the power of imagination--and a generation that never wanted to grow up, seen through the eyes of their children.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2002-10-08
Publication Date:
2002-10-08
Publisher:
Scribner
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0743217136
ISBN13:
9780743217132
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
227 g
Height:
20.3 cm
Width:
12.7 cm
Thickness:
1.4 cm
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