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The Black Album (Paperback)

by Hanif Kureishi (Author)
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  • Paperback: 276 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (6 May 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571177522
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571177523
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 65,053 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Set in London in 1989, the year of the fatwah and the fall of the Berlin Wall, this is a thriller with a background of raves, ecstasy, religious ferment and sexual passion. By the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid".

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An intelligent amusing book about cultural identity, 1 Jan 2005
By R. Fulton "rob56059" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Album (Faber Fiction Classics) (Paperback)
I loved this book and found it well written and pertinent to many of the issues of a multicultural society. It addresses the problems of growing up as a British Asian and the tension between traditional and liberal values. It is very relevant to these days of cultural antagonism and also very amusing and touching. I think everyone should read this book. The plot is not confusing and the story is relevant to our times.
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The readers ignorence takes away from this book, 31 Mar 2001
This book is about issues which are very alien to most western readers. Islam is seen by the west to be linked to terrorism and violence, but this book deals with the effect of islamic fundementalism in a different way. I read this book when i was in iran and the choices which the main protagonist must face between the 'free' western hedonistic attitude as represented by dedee, and the opposing islamic ideals seem very real. The fall of the Berlin Wall has nothing to do with this idea and personal struggle, the islamic reveloution in iran, which Kureshi mentions in the book is one of the 'current issues' which is most important in the influence of the idealistic chracters. This is a story about being muslim, and more importantly being a muslim who has grown up with fundimentally western attitudes and ideas. The style may seem confused at times, but is only seems to be reflecting the confusion felt by almost every one of it's charaters, through the clash of an increasingly hedonistic west, verses the upheval and re-exploration of islam in the modern world.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Some strong elements in the book which are unsustained., 28 Dec 1999
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This review is from: The Black Album (Paperback)
The life experiences of young second generation British Asians are rather familiar Kureishi territory and sad to say this book panders to stereotype rather too much, especially in the depiction of the extremist Muslim characters which are crude and one-dimensional. The dialogue too is sometimes clumsy and unbelievable, and the novel's discussion of literature borders on the pretentious. On the positive side, however, the various clashes evident in Shahid's personality are drawn out for all they are worth and it is clear the author has real insight into the problem of confused cultural identity, which allows for an interesting examination of the psychology of Shahid's tentative rejection of Western values.

NK

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4.0 out of 5 stars SPLIT LOYALTIES
Kureishi has brought up a number of issues which British-Asians go through everyday. His story has a number of twists and turns which keeps the reader captivated throughout from... Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2007 by Mr. T. WILKHU

4.0 out of 5 stars Islam-ain't-bad
Kureshi once again effortlessly combines dark humour with contemporary issues as he writes about being a young British Muslim growing up in the turbulent 80s. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2006 by Madly Bobbington-Blythe

3.0 out of 5 stars Rushdie without prentention
Compared to "The Buddha of suburbia", I felt "The black album" was a little overconstructed, self-conscious and the plot was maybe a bit farfetched. Read more
Published on 14 Jul 2003 by Tigerrtje

4.0 out of 5 stars Kureishi at his most optimistic and enjoyable
The Black Album is essentially a comic picaresque novel - the story of a young man in search of experience, torn between the conflicting attractions of religious idealism and... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars Confusing and messy
I bought this book whilst browsing a bookstore at Chicago airport. The first couple of pages looked promising...amusing main character and intriguing opening chapter. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing.
I am a great fan of Kureishi, a unique and often brilliant writer. I read this when it came out and could not get to grips with it at all. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the best stories I've ever read.
He's got style, but not in any exagerated sense. And anyway its the material that grabs you. Very human- the material, his characters aren't so much out of the ordinary, but... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Nineties British multi-culturalism and confusion
This is another fine book from Hanif Kureishi who seems above all to be honest in what he writes; sufficiently non-literary to appeal to a wide audience and yet intelligent and... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 1996

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