Analyse af Bobby Nayyars novelle 'Hollywood'

The writer Bobby Nayyar deals with the theme of self-discovery amongst romantic attachments, sustained by topics such as cultural gaps, frustration, and art through the romantic attachment between the characters Tarsem Sigh and Sae Nakamura in his short story “Hollywood” published in 2010. The short story begins directly with the narrator talking about cinemas. Tarsem Sign is an unemployed young Indian man living in London, Britain. He lives with his parents and spends every second Tuesday at the employment office and after he would go to his favourite cinema, Hollywood. One Tuesday during a matinée screening of the film “Star Trek” Sae Nakamura walks into the cinema. He chooses to approach Sae after the film and ask her if she would like to go get coffee. As they are at the café drinking their coffee Sae tells Tarsem that she is studying an art summer course in London and before London, she was in Paris and before Paris, New York (P. 2 ll. 60-61). Tarsem tells Sae that he is in between today and tomorrow, but that he always wanted to be a poet. Sae then writes down her phone number and mail and tells Tarsem to write her a poem and if she likes it, she will exchange it for another date. Tarsem shares everything with his friend, Manny, just as Sae reconnects with Tarsem and tells him that she wants to go out the following Saturday.