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In East, West, Salman Rushdie explores language as both a means of communication, or miscommunication, and as a form of identification. ... “Yorick” is the most fanciful story because Rushdie speaks directly to the reader and the narrative jumps from thought to thought. ... The majority of the story lacks dialogue and is Rushdie’s analytical commentary or the narrator’s story about his romance with his cousin, Gale. In “Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate their Relationship,” Rushdie plays with language and punctuation and repeats the word, “consummation.
Approximate Word count = 399 Approximate Pages = 1.6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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