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The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) is a novel by English author Hanif Kureishi, which won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel. The novel has been translated into 20 languages and was also made into a four-part drama series by the BBC in 1993.
- Hanif Kureishi
- 1990
May 7, 1990 · The Buddha of Suburbia is a unique work of postmodern realism built around the subaltern themes of the diasporic, the suburban, and the matters of class set within 1970s England.
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The Buddha of Suburbia is a British four-part television serial, directed by Roger Michell, originally broadcast on BBC Two in November 1993. Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi, the series starred Naveen Andrews as the main character, Karim Amir.
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The Buddha of Suburbia: With Naveen Andrews, Brenda Blethyn, Roshan Seth, David Bamber. Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he pursues acting.
The hero of Hanif Kureishi’s debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
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