tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post6173223447227480387..comments2023-06-16T06:27:31.555-07:00Comments on qunfuz: Advertisements for Myselfqunfuzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07381648516025592849noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-86304761350215946462008-08-05T11:28:00.000-07:002008-08-05T11:28:00.000-07:00artgirl - if you send me your email address (by wr...artgirl - if you send me your email address (by writing a comment here, which I won't publish) I can send you Diran's.qunfuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381648516025592849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-75018186355799059862008-07-31T21:27:00.000-07:002008-07-31T21:27:00.000-07:00amazing book-it truly is one 'of ideas'and not pre...amazing book-it truly is one 'of ideas'and not pretentious to say so...<BR/><BR/>in other matters: i'm separated by about 6 degrees from your mate diran adebayo.i've got some creative ideas about how he might be able to move beyond his post-blacking incident and progress to becoming'post-post-blacked'...alas, i'm unaware of his relationship status these days, and too shy to inquire of mutual friends...you're an 'idea' man-assistance please!artgirl3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/08877598618309245658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-81321333987677988052008-07-03T06:12:00.000-07:002008-07-03T06:12:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comments, Claire. Yes, I'd be hono...Thanks for your comments, Claire. Yes, I'd be honoured to talk to you, at Edinburgh or elsewhere. I don't want to put my email address here, but it isn't very difficult to find on the internet. Otherwise, you could send a 'comment' with your email, which I won't publish on the blog. Or, you could get in touch with me via Amelia Fairney, publicity director at penguin Books.qunfuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381648516025592849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-47451181161736291692008-07-03T05:03:00.000-07:002008-07-03T05:03:00.000-07:00Hi there, I'm Claire Chambers, a Senior Lecturer i...Hi there, I'm Claire Chambers, a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Leeds Metropolitan, with a particular interest in South Asian literatue and British Muslim fiction. My details can be found on http://www.lmu.ac.uk/as/cs/C3D62F95C1C64A0D93E3D1AC420F8923.htm <BR/><BR/>I've just finished the novel and I absolutely loved it! I wouldn't worry about the comments that it tries to cram too much in - I think it's pretty clear it's a novel of ideas, and the breadth of those ideas are what makes the novel so exciting. Maya Jaggi's criticism of the character Gabor as an Orientalist stereotype is perhaps more valid - I did feel he turned into something of an ogre in the aborted seduction scene, which was a shame as I'd liked him up to then.<BR/><BR/>Do you know Leila Aboulela's writing? She's an Arab writer with strong roots in Scotland, so there are some connections. She's been described as the first 'halal novelist' (in The Muslim News). Would you see your own writing as halal? Perhaps not with all the sex and drugs, lol!<BR/><BR/>If you'd be willing to talk to me about your work, I'd love to interview you some time for possible publication in a scholarly journal. I've quite a good track record, having published interviews with the Indian writers Amitav Ghosh and Vikram Chandra in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing and Wasafiri, respectively. I could send you offprints of these if you're interested. Please let me know if you'd like to talk about your work, and maybe I could meet you in Scotland some time - perhaps during the Edinburgh Festival? <BR/><BR/>Thanks again for a splendid read - I'm recommending you to all my friends and hope to teach the novel in the not-too-distant future.<BR/><BR/>All best wishes, ClaireClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354469080104075534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-16474363947176904582008-06-27T14:48:00.000-07:002008-06-27T14:48:00.000-07:00And what is your website, Tom?Ahmad - I'm trying t...And what is your website, Tom?<BR/><BR/>Ahmad - I'm trying to call you habibi, but the Glasgow number I have doesn't reach you.qunfuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381648516025592849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-80713383912005390412008-06-27T13:22:00.000-07:002008-06-27T13:22:00.000-07:00I am enjoying your book immensely - having reached...I am enjoying your book immensely - having reached page 101 in 24 hours. I shall review it on my website (positively) when I have finished it. <BR/><BR/>TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-73229065582039619992008-06-24T17:59:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:59:00.000-07:00Welcome back to sunny Scotland!!! Welcome to the ...Welcome back to sunny Scotland!!! Welcome to the neighborhood!!!.<BR/><BR/>Well done on your book. I took my time to read it, I know that!!. This was only due to my multiple mood swings. <BR/><BR/>The book itself is great. I enjoyed reading it a lot. Sami can be easily anyone of us "i.e Syrians or Arabs in the West". However, I am not sure the book will make me pray again as somebody wrote in his comment in the last post. It might actually push me further in the opposite direction, and that in my view is good!!. <BR/><BR/>I am awaiting your second book, I hope you are working hard on writing it.<BR/><BR/>Hope to see you soon!! <BR/><BR/>SalamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-13711881983928661282008-06-23T14:34:00.000-07:002008-06-23T14:34:00.000-07:00That's brilliant news Qunfuz. Mabrook. It's gone s...That's brilliant news Qunfuz. Mabrook. It's gone straight to the top of my reading list - I'm going to get it next week.<BR/><BR/>And I agree with Arima - I need to know more British-Arab novels. In fact, it was Arima who introduced me to my first: Only in London by Hanan Ash-Sheikh.sasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342230868589612986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-59678540439032152172008-06-23T11:16:00.000-07:002008-06-23T11:16:00.000-07:00Congratulations Qunfuz. A fantastic achievement. I...Congratulations Qunfuz. A fantastic achievement. I don't really understand what some of these people mean by this 'too much crammed in' business? There is quite a bit of new information in here, or alot of fresh perspectives on these issues. However, I think the novel works very well in this sense, and your writing style is very pleasant to read. Well done.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>Jeff WodeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-14264705799332318312008-06-22T09:56:00.000-07:002008-06-22T09:56:00.000-07:00Allah yubarik feeki, Arima. That was the journalis...Allah yubarik feeki, Arima. That was the journalist saying the British Muslim novel is coming of age, not me. erm.. I read and enjoyed Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam. I wrote about it on this blog. Mohsin Hamid is good, but more Pakistani than British.<BR/><BR/>I was at Keble. Terry Eagleton taught at Wadham in those days.qunfuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381648516025592849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-69169769836754750392008-06-22T08:57:00.000-07:002008-06-22T08:57:00.000-07:00This book sounds amazing- well done! Alf alf mabro...This book sounds amazing- well done! Alf alf mabrook! I am certainly following your advice and going out to buy it. <BR/>Btw you mention that the British Muslim novel is coming of age...can you suggest a few titles and are there any mor specifically British Arab ones? <BR/>It also mentions that you graduated from Oxford- which college were you at? I'm just about to leave Wadham and am still deliberating on my next move...praying for some answers to appear sometime soon :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com