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Publisher: Random House
Author: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 9780812976717
Fiction, Classics
The Satanic Verses
by
Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses by
Salman Rushdie
Reviews
"A torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions. In this spectacular novel, verbal pyrotechnics barely outshine its psychological truths."
Newsday
Summary
One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie’s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is just the initial act in a magnificent odyssey that seamlessly merges the actual with the imagined. A book whose importance is eclipsed only by its quality, The Satanic Verses is a key work of our times.
#1 New York Times Bestseller. Winner of the Whitbread Prize.
