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Modern & World Fiction

Gabriel's Gift

by Hanif Kureishi

2002178 pagesFaber And Faber UK
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Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musician, has been chucked out of the house by gabriel's mother, who works nights and sleeps days. Lonely gabriel finds solace in a mysterious connection to his deceased twin, archie, and in his gift for producing real objects simply by drawing them. Then a chance visit with rock star lester jones, his father's former band mate, provides gabriel with a tool that might help mend his family. All he has to do is figure out how to use it. Hanif kureishi portrays gabriel's naive hope and artistic aspirations with the same insight that he brought to the anglo-indian experience in "the buddha of suburbia" and to infidelity in "intimacy." "gabriel's gift" is a tender meditation on failure, talent, and the power of imagination, and offers a humorous portrait of a generation that only started to think about growing up when its children did.

The details

Published2002
Length178 pages
SubjectModern & World Fiction
BindingPaperback
ISBN-139780571209293
PublisherFaber And Faber UK
LanguageEnglish
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