Greetings from Bury Park: Race. Religion. Rock 'n' Roll

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Yet the comedy is marbled with genuine regret. The youthful Manzoor defines himself in opposition to his father. The possible resolution of this conflict - Sarfraz's success in the mistrusted world of the media - comes just too late; Mohammed Manzoor slipped from coma to death the very day his son's first professional assignment appeared in the Manchester Evening News. The opening chunk of this book thinks it's an exploration of difficult times and a tense relationship; in actuality it's a glowing, almost embarrassed tribute to a loving father who sacrificed everything to try and give his family a life better than that he'd known. It's simultaneously hugely personal and a set of feelings shared by the offspring of generations of such men who came to these shores from Ireland, eastern Europe and the subcontinent. 'His moral framework was underpinned by family, responsibility and pride.' Bangs, Lester (July 5, 1973). "Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.> Album Review". Rolling Stone. No.138. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008 . Retrieved 20 March 2004. You don’t need to be a fan of America’s blue-collar poet — or a British Asian for that matter — to enjoy this deeply touching memoir. . . . One of the most honest depiction second-generation experience I have come across.”—Chitra Rawaswamy, Scotland on Sunday Springsteen and his first manager Mike Appel recorded the album at the low-priced, out-of-the-way 914 Sound Studios to save as much as possible of the Columbia Records advance, and cut most of the songs during the last week of June 1972. [6] [1]

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Hull, Tom (October 29, 2016). "Streamnotes (October 2016)". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved July 2, 2020. Manzoor has written for Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, The Observer, Prospect, The Spectator, Uncut, [16] Marie Claire and The Times.Charming and affectionate. . . . [ Greetings from Bury Park] rises above the predictable coming-of-age genre on the strength of Manzoor's unflinching honesty and his unique world view. . . . [Manzoor] poignantly shows how he comes to admire the life his father led even though it wasn't what he chose. . . . You don't have to be a Springsteen fan to enjoy this book or understand Manzoor's devotion. You just have to recall a time when you were still open enough that music had the power to shatter the world view you inherited.”— The Miami Herald

Greetings from Bury Park: the inspiration for hit film Greetings from Bury Park: the inspiration for hit film

Javed is a reserved and quiet boy who from the outside who seems like a shell. On the inside however, he’s in turmoil. He’s depressed and his only outlet is his writing. Discouraged by his family, he at first places no value on his writing. But through the magic of Springsteen he begins to see how his life does have meaning and more importantly how he can create meaning for himself. Perhaps what makes this film incredibly moving is- Javed learns that being free does not necessarily have to mean a complete rejection of his Pakistani roots. He learns to accept his identity as a British boy is also inherently tied to being Pakistani. This felt particularly revolutionary considering the film is set 1987 Thatcherite Britain. With crisp, fresh writing and an appealing voice, Manzoor invites readers along with him on his journey from a dutiful but somewhat rebellious boy to a thoughtful, wise adult.”— Booklist Manzoor, Sarfraz (15 August 2021). "Why I rejected my parents' wish for an arranged marriage". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 25 August 2021. (subscription required) (extract from Manzoor's memoir They: What Muslims and Non-Muslims Get Wrong About Each Other) Manzoor plans to use his role to be a “curator of conversations”, bringing special guests who have grown up in Luton – such as Nadiya Hussain or Paul Young – to the town to speak.Manzoor's story will be familiar to migrants all over the world. . . . Luton is to London as Jersey City is to NYC: proletarian versus metropolitan, periphery versus centre, boredom versus cool. . . . Greetings from Bury Park successfully evokes not only a particular time and place, but, more importantly, a pervasive sense of marginality. . . . A very personal narrative of love, separation, loss and guilt.— The New Statesman Interestingly, though, given Manzoor's obsession with music, we are left wondering what sort of effect university life - and in particular the hedonistic 1990s "Madchester" scene - had on shaping his outlook on the world (perhaps, because he doesn't drink, very little). Also, a passing reference to his passion for the Qawwali Sufi music of the Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is left frustratingly unexplored.

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Probably the best memoir of the migrant experience I have read. Safraz’s complex relationships with his parents, particularly his father, his race (British Pakistani) and his religion (Muslim) are told with gut wrenching honesty. Although the book is promoted as an exploration of Bruce Springsteen fandom, this is only a small part of Safraz’s story. The book is a complex read and the non linear format will keep you on your toes. Manzoor’s memoir is a tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s music and its ability to reach across political and geographic divides to touch the heart. I confess to listening to a number of Springsteen songs as I read the text. Each chapter is prefaced by a quote from Springsteen’ lyrics. I just realized what an excellent playlist that would make! Goldstein, Stan (November 15, 2009). "Bruce Springsteen to play the entire 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' album in Buffalo". nj.com . Retrieved 16 November 2009. But that’s the great thing about Springsteen. People who love him do so for so many different reasons. Manzoor and Chadra chose this genre to convey the magic of Bruce through this fictionalized story. Chadra felt the moment from the trailer in which Javed tells customs he’s come to America to visit the “home of The Boss” might have been too much, but I loved it. Sarfraz Manzoor ( Urdu: سرفراز منظور; born 9 June 1971) is a British journalist, documentary maker, broadcaster, and screenwriter of Pakistani origin. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, presenter of documentaries on BBC Radio 4, and a cultural commentator who appears on programmes such as Newsnight Review and Saturday Review. His first book, Greetings from Bury Park was published in 2007.Perhaps it is unfair to compare the two works together considering the film focused on a boy at 18 whereas the book was about a man from his early twenties to his thirties. It was about rapid change in his life and growing pressures from family to fulfill his traditional role of marrying a Pakistani Muslim woman and becoming a father. Whereas Manzoor for almost all the memoir remains an adamant bachelor who spends most of his money on Springsteen concerts. Though the movie trailer plays up the Springsteen angle, the book is about much more than that. It’s mostly about Safraz’s relationship with his parents, and it covers such diverse issues as arranged marriages, financial survival in an immigrant family, and facing people’s prejudices after 9/11. Despite his tensions with his parents, the book ends up being not just a loving tribute to them, but to England itself. How Sarfraz Manzoor's love for Bruce Springsteen's music inspired "Blinded by the Light" ". CBS This Morning. 17 August 2019 . Retrieved 20 August 2019. When I rang my father to tell him I had secured my first writing commission he was silent for a few seconds. `How much will they pay you?' he finally asked in Urdu. I never spoke in English to my parents. In some ways, I think it can be argued the memoir is also a work about growing up. However, the growing that the protagonist has to work through is the death of his patriarchal father.

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We are living in a time when many of the battles I believed had been won are having to be refought. But the strongest weapon against those who seek to sow division is empathy. That this film is being made now, that it will reach audiences who haven’t read the book, gives me a reason to feel hopeful. Manzoor worked for six years at ITN, during which he was a producer and reporter on Channel 4 News [4] interviewing such figures as Woody Allen, Brian Wilson, Sinéad O'Connor, Peter Gabriel, Don McCullin and Charlie Watts. He left Channel 4 News and joined Channel 4 as a deputy commissioning editor [5] before signing a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing for his first book. Blinded by the Light] vibrantly displays a modest and unpretentious sense of optimism, and offers the hope that by connecting with our own choices in music we can transcend cultural and generational differences to reach personal freedom without denying our need to belong.” —The Guardian Usually five thousand pounds but there's a chance I can do it for free - they have special bursaries.'In 2010, Manzoor married Bridget, [17] a speech and language therapist, a union initially disapproved of by his mother and siblings because she was a non-Muslim white woman. [18] The couple have two children. [19] Works [ edit ] When he was growing up, Sarfraz Manzoor dreamed of leaving his home town of Luton. Now the author and journalist has become chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and has one clear mission – to make people think of Luton as “cool rather than crap”. The interview with Elizabeth Wurtzel would be my first published article. Her book Prozac Nation was being published that summer; I had read an advance copy and noticed it contained countless references to Springsteen and his music. Wurtzel was someone who, like me, had found inspiration and sustenance in Springsteen's music. I persuaded her publishers to let me interview her on the promise I would place the interview myself. I then sold the feature to the Manchester Evening News. `If you like the piece you can publish it,' I told the women's editor, `and if you don't you won't ever have to hear from me again. You have nothing to lose.' a b Christgau, Robert (April 1973). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". Creem: 70 . Retrieved 28 October 2011. Manzoor has written on a variety of subjects, from class and race to music and film. His most recent book, They: What Muslims and Non-Muslims Get Wrong About Each Other , explored British identity and religious tolerance.



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