The Satanic Verses
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000VYVYXC |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cathryn Conroy said A Difficult But Important Book for Our Difficult Times. I'll be honest: I could read this book many times and still not fully comprehend or appreciate all that is in it. Reading this book is as much work as it is joy--but totally worth the effort. Salman Rushdie published "The Satanic Verses" in 1988 and has been living with a "fatwa" on his head ever since. For that reason alone, I think we should all read it.It is a story of g. "Very worth your time and careful consideration." according to Kathy. Complex examination of Islam and Mohammed and revelation and the idea of submission which is so central apparently. How does a culture which has lived within such defined parameters deal with the onslaught of modernity, deconstruction, rhizomatic thought, the destruction of subjectivity, etc. I very much liked his solution, greatly surprised me and I am still trying to unde. Brooklyn G said Not what I expected, in a positive way. I picked this book up at a stoop sale, remembering its notoriety Not what I expected, in a positive way I picked this book up at a stoop sale, remembering its notoriety 30 years ago. I expected a dark, macabre story. Instead, I found a parable about the search for self and the role of faith that successfully incorporated philosophy and humor into a complex multi-plot narrative with plenty of engaging characters. You'll be reflecting on what exactly happened here and what it a. 0 years ago. I expected a dark, macabre story. Instead, I found a parable about the search for self and the role of faith that successfully incorporated philosophy and humor into a complex multi-plot narrative with plenty of engaging characters. You'll be reflecting on what exactly happened here and what it a
Through the falling debris, two figures, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow-covered sands of an English beach, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations. Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel.
Rushdie's powers of invention are astonishing in this Whitbread Prize winner. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable. . No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which earned its author a death sentence. The book begins with two Indians, Gibreel Farishta ("for fifteen years the biggest star in the history of the Indian movies") and Saladin Chamcha, a Bombay expatriate returning from his first visit to his homeland in 15 years, plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their jetliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations