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    The Courter by Salman Rushdie

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    Simone Motta
    Short Story with introduction about post-colonialist writer Salman Rushdie

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Monk sends maine ands rei de nsf hence, rau thew arts Ho ow Satman RusHpre a INDIA, 1947 ‘Aer Ayatollah Khomeini of tran urged zeus Muss oesanae ii iiman Rush s Man born a tla who has ice become 8 J Bitten became ory on the evening news. Hiri cording i {the ual, wes demonking the Pret Mohamed in is ne Th Ss Yes (9), Fr fushd he colt with ami onda ‘Renta vas probit is varied clus ergs and mulated eniysde of hi hat be cl "tasted tan” A a ainda an aanie root» Bh dacaon apd 2 yg meron in Wesern poplar care, Rushdie sen by Ma i Ee eas somone who par been corp by the scolar | Stats Heer ene Wore fom another pees, ahdiecan even | SMT, Fae nian writers who scoght to inerate East and Wet | SET OSES, Sere tty Gorey Spee Abed Khan ts, and | Reagan ee eebacina) rom slancter viewpoint Rushdie | Mace Times f reson en of anh who | Sg Seat Soro cnscounen The Courter: which | OR ‘Brosnan sutbiogrpca sry that explores some of te ais 206 | Tonesot sucker wanton | MePassnotnanyy {seo nh heat en nid rad selena Sei pimnareferem acetal ‘retain siaarheniced oa ne ae tial aa dear inin ged ie igh ton of haaege ea hour a ind eur indepen Almost One of “Midnight's Chidren.” Bora in Bombay in 4p the pendence fr Bris, Sloan Rash Miaights Cite chen torn he et lasic and wate the fe produced by Ballrwood nds poi fle nds, At ures emu nse o Rag, famous Engh Pc schol pear Londoa where he was considered an ou, eed [Pam infra exded rom my scl actives. fer thes yes in Topand, ashi rejoined iar, who had moved to Pksan thie ssa but he ws cai scoaortabl in akan, were Tis English scent mated hi rent At his ther’ urging 0 eet scholap tend Card Utes Rasie cay ‘neo England in 965, acholce ie has caracerie one fe ‘pow doscnng momen of my ut Canbilige proved tobe finer than Rugby, and Rushdie tive here aa sean, Afier compli epee story 1968 fe reurned to Palitan and worked for evn aon in Karachi Fis sty aa lt ong, Dace rom the nln and cosmapa= ten Lee hed known in Eagan and frosted by the censorship of Tren aks he earned to London noo work asa ton nd avertg copies whe sein out om ning cares is est totes Grima Nov! fas scleecton version ofthe casi SUR poun Cane of te Dds rected med eviews and generate Ficlets breeough sea author me wit icon ave, ‘Might’ Chie 6) the ory of his hood and youth n Bom by betwee gt andr nd the Lives is parents and panda {the tree Goals toe i bith The novel doubles snarl ‘Munson ellg the sory of te energenoe of Ina san Independent ‘aunty With conte plting apd xtrogantlvention, Rohde ‘ng eer eery sor event inthe ty Yeas of Tian tory ht the ore! span it the le of ito ental characters The novel Feeced the most pros Briah Tessry sar te Booker Pre ot Confronting lam. In Sane (6) Ruble wrote sity eta gt bot svc ae ofthe moder story of Pakistan fe ‘Stat verso of te vagaries aed beatles iy Pakistan pole, ‘Sended some Main eer bat ashe escaped direc censte aod ‘rnp by not dentin the stings aistan He was es cautious {nls nex noe The Satan Ves (88 takes amity 9850 ject mates working legends about Mabummad into contemporary ‘ory of movie are and popula cle. Rashde’s Hees ith ‘und ad the Quran (Koen 0 ofended many orthodox Ns Tish af ath Khomeini ama dere cago" nous Mans to ect [thow sponsible fos te novell Guy ‘thecre tey map nd they 9 tat ne one wil ae toile Oe Taam sanctions Whoever killed on this ath wl be sepcded ‘ary God wing” Rae wea ts ing the Novwepan pubs! ‘of The Sai Ves wa shot nd weundejon Haan anastr tabbed, "pal ga ih te arc nar pte tr weve at ator ‘koe ‘ged ‘ene | vad einai HME Sot, orl the tact fe wat meee of er fim temaraby id” Een Nag Mateus psp) th Epon ‘ues ant Khon ble tat the wrong dae Kare Rushdie’s Response. ores e's Reeponse. Fors int whom, Raie woe “eh ‘Boo Harr rl te Sof Sars gy a we 2 "eh "0 ofthe drain gh i an egy of ie saree Haroun, So of he sorter Raid Khai sets out on 2 journey to rer his hers wie snd to Cn thes of ore at hs en potion bythe tant Kha Shu, wh me thst “rer mae ole" ron aes that stor ar ano Kota Sho oa ‘ers"The world bowevey snot for fn The werd fot Coto. Ting: Even'in secon Ruse was otto be sence ha chen’ onc was bute the Imagination, eich tyranny woul suppres. ‘Rushdie ones if sche ying sta yo up sing our tnd leader and publ eter My expec fas made me il he more ‘lence the ery bok col nd in msl wre ‘Rush's ove snd ois re fled wih extangan enons ‘isa plot rier anda melange of alsin o songs mvc and tet ‘kent of popular culture. Rushes been compaed to Swit abd Sterne ac te o Kala and Glater Co ta lego nd to (Gale Gar lige eid he aces ais 2 enor ‘Sncon ing and mae from Condon Nee York City He a ‘erly bled he Ground bath Her Ft 999) 4 ok sr ‘lingo th yh of Orpheus end Eure, and Fy (ao, aboat aoe profesor who mas Eom Landon to New ak ‘The Courer:” The lume of short sori in which "The Cour” nial separa: as Wet (9p), tater init organization Rushdie yd ell. the nine sin the calleton thet ae aout ‘heath ae aboot the Wes, and the concer the mesing of xt tnd Wess "The Cou” comes om the bof sexton. nar sparment bug in Londo babe by clay of paced Inde ths the sory contrat the connection ofthe Indie th Ceti May to her homeo wh ht ofthe gear an aol choliey {he inc of the acon ohn The tices of adjusting fo eg Eales comily eager n Cerny Mary, whoeratonstip ‘wih ied Up iene of erie strangs nd were she ie Pronouns thelunguage, ese su etal tan exalt abd su Keto a at onlin, Her difcutes esr fo thse tht ay all Inds of toler generston experience indice aopted ‘Counc. The nara’ ater elppe fo config the wore ets Sn ipl andthe vorovs maar Become entang! wth rh Ioodlume The nator and his sisters onthe ther and are mich ‘more samy about ish wape The knows of Bath popula ‘pv and spots has sedy "apt nd sate hem hope ate : coming Neate _TuETWENTIETHCENTURY son Beh The aaa owes back nd oth batween astern ad Teer radon, pansng ing on song ie, mov ence ad Inn mycology if thee wero sparton between Fas and Wet ins language consciosnes The consing dukes athe end of the tory Cerny Marys decon fo rturn to Bombay whee she ‘zoe im her her condion andthe art’ 0 yin Band hd seek Brighcseasip-—eary out the Tog of the geertioral ‘teres caploved in he sory. nether he mid nor the schoo fay, bowene te desis uoegavcak Cera Mary ss ee Tell her Lend lover andthe scoaboy as beara te many Yess tr st el caught etexn eo cles and pl opponite restos Fre Wrong Carp sof an any se eth teen ef rance vc i Cringe, ih emer eneeen ap np henang es).ebagHsan ‘tenement pane “ “ Vo The Ae Gok om Sy Gr (ea i, SELL ec in espace aon oe tc dt rg eee op 200 ©w The Courter Cerny Mary was he sma woman Mise-Up the hal ported ome seo, (Svat exept sinter ld fnian lady wih er rein hated bend hherhead ins eat bun, itching op her red-hemmed white sc in te front and egotatin the apartmeat block's font steps asi they were Alps. "No he said {Tou furroving his brow. What would be fhe ight pels A, good tht was the ame "Ghats” he sid proudly, Word from schoolboy alas ong ago, when Indi Fas fr ey as Parade (Nowadys Pade scored even further avaybu nda, tnd Hel, had come a good bit closer) "Western Ghats, Eater Ghats and now evsington Ghat be sad pgling "Mountain ‘She stopped in fot of him pte ak-paelle lol. "But ghats in nda als sash sud "Yes ys ers For instance Hind ol ity of Vara tree the Beanie st aking the gris’ money scaled Dsashwamedh- gt ‘Bron road sci down to River Ganga” O, rest certain Also Manian af They bay ite fom aoa with ge apng fom the rot —yes eran, Fratue tiger coloured Technicolor hat reyou thinking? — and the bringit ina “he Cora?” Fill tewlame st We char aly hao ‘oie ete Ah Sgr in fhe soy maar nian ly he ones fom Earn East et fh Cea Mary een ried ‘Ect holds nd he pe Rate ote temas oy wih nf Cai. arya af dings ght nen cre Theat ne ate Ingo Eg pb sho te ef the ty termine ek whi a ad ‘onan Eng tig rn hogs he recs he wasn wie ier om hi nl holm My crew he te eon hare ae cs eof oom fine dose ten 9 Brey moe th ctr tle Seis “Sign og” tthe fy oe beso er Boing The ae ‘wee compro bins whoosh fin The pullin ins ace iy oeipnng commanding do de haa oi pe nig eno ins i! ‘Nevishnartuc thay eat ‘Nee da Se ous wi apn Sn ee om Me Setepipmmteoar tne ‘tr eng sts beget ae unto et fire to thi Foved one bods, Funeral es are of nda. Phetogrephs rotallowed no certainly not He began thinking of heras Certainly: Mary because she never si plain es or roams this O:yeveertinly oF no-etaily not. In the confined cramsances that had prevailed ever since ie Bran, his one sure thing, ha et him doe, be “ul ht be ein of anything anymore soe was stand by her sens, into nostalgia then ev, then atacon. And traction ws hig 0 long forgotten that when te churing started he thought for log imei mst be the ‘Chinese dumplings bead brought home rom te High Street ary-out Engh shard fr Crainty-Mary. and this was part of what drew damaged ld Mined Up towards er The ter p was particular reer oe turing fn foracwhen se proceeded zou the ody witha wheeled wicker sopping tsk she would "Going shocking” and when,on her return, he offered ep Tithe basic up the font hats she would answer, "Ys, fas” As theleatr lite her aay se called hough the gil: "O4, eure! Thaak you courte O, ec tain” Un indi ad Konkan however her psknew ther plas) So hark o her unexpected somehow stomaeh-chrnng magi he wat no longer porter tenure “Courter” he repeated he miror when she had gone [Hs beth made ite dcnding pictore ofthe word on the ls “Courter outer aught" Otay. People called him many things, he id not mind Bu this ame this lure this he woud ty tbe For years now Fve Been meaning to we down the sory of Ceriny-Mary our {jh the woman hod sich tay nth ose my siters and me a ee {eat adventure with ber eourtr”in London, where weal ved fora tine (3 Se ‘ysis na block cle Wave House bu what with one thing an anober Dever gt roand to “Then eel Ther om Certiny-Mary alter long lence. She wrote © say that she was ninety ada serious operation, and woul kindly send hersome money, bees se was embarrased that her ies, with whom she was now ting in th Kara dist of Bombay, aso bd ou pocket. sen the money, and soon trad ese a lest et from the nite, Sela writen in the same bandas the eter fom Aya"=mas wed alway called ‘Mary plidromicly droping the"h” Aya had ben so touched the ee WHO, ‘hat remembered er afer all hse ea" ave Den earn he sr abot You fla my if the eter went on, and 1 tik of you a leit samy yb you real ay moter, Mary str. Sh unfortunatly pase on Now tis ha write Marylee or ee Weal wish outhe best por. This message fom an ntmate stranger reached ou to mein myenforod exile from the beloved county of my Bich nd moved ne, tiring higS that had been bred very das. Of courte alto made me od guy about having done site for ‘Mary over the yar. For whaever reo, it has become more important than ever toset dwn the story Fe bees crying sound unwriten fr slong the story of ‘Ayeand the gentle ah whom she renamed With unincesonal but prophetic ‘verone of romance "the courte” [ace now that iis pot jst her ory, but furs mines well, 3 Hs eal mame ws Meci Yu were supposed to say Mish Because it had inisible ‘cee on ein some Iron Curtain anguagein which the acens had tobe invisible, nyse Dart sid solemn cae soc ped on them or rubbed them out tor something. His st aame ale began wih an m But twas so ful of what. we Cll Communist consonants al hose ande'sandw' walle wp together with- ‘ut vowel to iether breathing spac, that Lever even ted oem "Aft we thought of nicknaming him aft: a mischievous litle comi-book characey Mr Mayapk fom the Pith Dimension, who Hoke bit ike Emer Fad and used to make Superman ie hel ul ae Sape could rick him into y- ing his ame backwards, Kiptyam, whereupon he dsepeared bck into the ith Dimension; but becase we were too sre os to sy Mal (ott mention iptzpom we dropped that des. “Well js cll ou Mixed-Up ol him inthe nts Miser Mikshd-Up Mish Iwas ce then and busting swith unemployed cock and it mean cold sy things ke hat eg nto peoples ‘ces even peoples accommodating than Mr Mec with is sroke. “What emember mast vvily te hie pink rabberwashingup gloves which ‘ne seme ever to remo at eat not unin cae caing fr Certanly- Mary ‘A an ete, when {need in, wh my sisters Dureé and Muneea cackling in heli, Meci jas grinned an empty good-natured sin, nodded, "Yow all me hat you lis okay and went back to Bung ane polishing the brasswork. There Was no point teasing him fhe wae ging te ie that, 01 gota the it and all the way tthe fourth lor we ang Ca Srp Loving Yow the top four best Ray (Chases ois, which were prety fl But we were wearing ou ak lise, 0 fet mater: 4 Iwas the summer of 96, and school was ou. My baby ster Scheherazade was jint one year old Durr wats beeived fortes: Munecra wat ten and already {pte «handle thie of sor rather Durt andre, with Maneea tying ‘et Mixd-Up returned to hs lounge and on this ocaton eve though thee had ‘een no sea oes, he Began to weep. Aller 3 ime he tok fe leat up othe fourth oor and whispered trough our eter-box to Cerny Mary sleping on erm “Td want wake Sahih” Mary si"You know his trouble And Begum Shibaisso red tend ofthe dy So now you tel abt od” ‘What did she expect me wo come up wih? Twas toes years ld “Mined smusteall the plceT unoriginal ood "No, na bab ad Cray Mary emphatic,“ the courter mae eaa- dal fr Mhacaog, then in the end he courte only who wl be out on is Thad no other ideas. stood before them eng ke fel, whe they bth turned upon ne thei eghtened supplicant ees. "Goto sleep" T si. "Wel tink sbou itn the morning” Tie ft peif huge ore tactician was thinking. They were trolece fo mt. But he second pat eres hey wer saa. They treated eaten Nothing happened in the moraing and the sky wa lent Iwas lost impo sibeto ele nists and menacing ier atthe door During thecoure ofthe day both Maharaja visited the por’ lounge and sick five pound noes in Mine Up's waistcoat pocket “Hed the fore, good man” sid Prince P— and the Mahara of B= ecboed those sentiment: “Spt on. All handled now, achat Problem one The tne of us —Aya Mary her courte, and me—hld couse of war tht sfternoon and decided that no fre action was neceszy. The hall porter was the frontline in any such sus, {rgd and Use ost ine had held And now the ris were post Asuranes ad been gen, Endo story. “End af ory repented Caran Mary doubly but den, seking 0 ret sare Mec she righted "Correct she "Met certain All ne, ie Se ‘Rann: The Courter slapper hande spas each other for emphasis. She asked Mine-Up i be ‘waned game of chew but for once the courte dd want opi. Aer that as ditracted or a ne fam the story of Mixe-Up and Cerny ‘Mary by lence neuer ome. ‘My mile sister Maer, now lve, was entering her dinguent phase tte ey. She wae the tr inertr of my fathers black ee nd when she lose ntl it was terbl to behold. That summer she Seemed to Pick hts with oy {theron purpose seemed prepared ther young ae to esther strength against ‘is (intervened in he om with Aba on once, im the Kchen She grabbed the ‘etchen score and ung them at me They ext me onthe igh. Afters pt say dinanee) ‘A wise dhe wars elt ysl coming wastuc rom the ea of family isl looked a ay screaming ster and though how bilan sledestractive ‘She wan how tuphanti she was ning her elton withthe people she needed ‘nd looked at my chore fae puling father and thought abou Brith ci zenship My existing nan passport pent me to travel onl toa very few cou ites which were aefly ted onthe second right hand page. But I might soon Ihave ris passport and then, by hook o by crook wosld get aay or Mi. ‘wold no ave ti face pling in mye ‘Atsaneen, you sil hinkyow ean exape rom your Ether, You reitlisening to his vice speaking through your mouth, You don't see bow your gestures aieady ‘ares you dose Fim in the way You Bold your Bd inte way you si ‘our matne, You don thea bis whisperin your blood. he ae yo wer cig en seein trees cates me partake ech cree Tope pee Eas oc mene "Coon ee aa er eee essa eat mee sigs ears au aun Senate great suprise placed finger alongside his nose and wink, “tog ch Manis the word” “Now excuse us? my mother sid, xing patience. "Weare not the lads you ‘Te second Beatle upped ot lightly aghnet a whee of the psh-chle "Your, husband esac, madam, were you aware ofthat fc Yes he does Most sid ayy Lada “assiduously sid he ire Beat his fice darkening, “Tel you aot the Maharani Begs” ny mother sid, rowing suddenly lurmedTerbasiness not my busines Kil etme pass” ‘The xcond Beate sepped closer to er. Sh could fee hs bet, which was, singy One of the Indes he sought aut war our ward a you might ye

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