Hanif Kureishi
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Karim Amir lives with his English mother and Indian father in the routine comfort of suburban London, enduring his teenage years with good humor, always on the lookout for adventure and sexual possibilities. Life gets more interesting, however, when his father becomes the Buddha of Suburbia, beguiling a circle of would-be mystics. And when the Buddha falls in love with one of his disciples, the beautiful and brazen Eva, Karim is introduced to a world...
2) Venus
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maurice and Ian are successful, but aging actors. The two are close friends whose conversation generally revolves around theatrical shop talk and the infirmities of other aging actors. Ian is fearful that death is right around the corner, so he agrees to let his niece's daughter, Jessie, move in to his flat to care for him. Jessie is a modern woman in her early twenties. She turns out to be a nightmare for Ian, especially since she is a hard-drinking,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 767
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
Description
A Pakistani and a young white man from South London take over a laundrette and convert it into an upscale place.
4) Le week-end
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Long-married British couple Nick and Meg are revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. Diffident, wistful Nick and demanding, take-charge Meg careen from harmony to disharmony as they take stock of half a lifetime of deep tenderness, and even deeper regret. An invitation from Nick's old friend Morgan, an amusingly eccentric American academic, soon leads them to a hopeful vision of what...