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| CATEGORIES ABOUT EAST, WEST | |
| books by salman rushdie | |
| 1990 books | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
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CONTENTS ''East'' Stories:
''West'' Stories:
''East, West'' Stories:
TRIVIA The Prophet's Hair In ''The Prophet's Hair'' the story involves a Relic that contains Prophet Muhammed 's hair that was stolen out of the Hazratbal Mosque in Kashmir . In reality this mosque claims to have this relic. Yorick The story of ''Yorick'' is a fictional account of the childhood life of Hamlet and his father's court Jester ''Yorick'', of the William Shakespeare play bearing his name. At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers In the story ''At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers'' the Ruby Slippers and Gale refer to the slippers of Dorothy Gale in '' The Wizard Of Oz ''. (Note that in the written story of the Wizard of Oz these slippers were silver. In the movie adaptation however these slippers were ruby). Chekov and Zulu The main characters of the story ''Chekov and Zulu'' are named after Pavel Chekov and Hikaru Sulu , two fictional characters in '' Star Trek ''. SEE ALSO |