East West Stories Author:Salman Rushdie A collection of nine short stories in which Rushdie explores the relationship, the shared history, and the misunderstandings that both bind and separate East and West. — In London in the swinging sixties, an elderly Indian ayah and a Slavic porter strike up a romance based on mutual appreciation of chess and The Flinstones. In fabu... more »lous Srinagar, a moneylender is tragically enthralled by a purloined religious relic. And in the territory between, two diplomats, who as schoolmates entertained themselves with Star Trek fantasies, go boldly into the hyperspace of international terrorism. « less