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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, Amadou Moustapha Wade. Salman Rushdie's books, from "Midnight's Children" to "The Satanic Verses", have been read around the world. When a jumbo jet blows apart above the English Channel, Gabreel and Saladin are two who survive and are washed up on an English beach.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "[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 Winner of the Whitbread Prize 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. Praise for The Satanic Verses "Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air." -- The New York Times Book Review "Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination." -- The Guardian (London) "A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb." -- The Times (London)

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670825379
ISBN-13
9780670825370
eBay Product ID (ePID)
548814

Product Key Features

Book Title
Satanic Verses
Edition
7
Author
Salman Rushdie
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Magical Realism, Religious, General, Literary
Publication Year
1989
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
560 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Pr6068.U757s27 1988
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
"Salman Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air." -- The New York Times Book Review "...a surreal hallucinatory feast." -- Kirkus Reviews "...a splendid feast." -- Publishers Weekly "[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 "Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination." --The Guardian --The Times (London) "In pure aesthetic terms, "The Satanic Verses" is a delight: funny, broadly erudite and wrenchingly gorgeous. And as a matter of politics and religion, this novel embodies the unique ideological power of art: to push beyond what's possible, to say what would be too costly for actors in another arena to speak aloud, to expand the audience's sense of what the world can be." -- Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post
Table of Content
The Satanic VersesI. The Angel Gibreel II. Mahound III. Ellowen Deeowen IV. Ayesha V. A City Visible but Unseen VI. Return to Jahilia VII. The Angel Azraeel VIII. The Parting of the Arabian Sea IX. A Wonderful Lamp
Copyright Date
1988
Lccn
88-040266
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Dewey Edition
22

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item 1 The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (English) Hardcover Book
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item 2 Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie 1st American Edition 3rd Printing HC/DJ Book New
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item 3 The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman
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item 4 Salman Rushdie SIGNED The Satanic Verses HC 1st Ed LETTER PSA/DNA AUTOGRAPHED
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4 out of 5 stars
by gizmo970125 Oct, 2017
Top favourable review
Glad to find it
I bought 2 copies, one was a gift. I haven't read mine but the gifted one has been read and loved. I highly recommend this book.
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1 out of 5 stars
by digitalblitz21 Dec, 2017
Top critical review
Epic Disappointment
For years I have wanted to read this book. Always been too busy or never thought about it. Finally retired and ordered it looking forward to a controversial yet compelling novel. After all it stirred up the whole world it must be rivioting, right? It's all gobbledegook. Leviticus is easier and more enjoyable to read. I thought maybe it was just the first chapter which was some kind of a dream, but no, it keeps going. Not worth the effort to uwind all the obfuscation.
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3 out of 5 stars
by ggeo_us_bo4q9o22 Feb, 2023
Good deal on the book, difficult for me to read and stick with the story.
The book deal was okay. Good copy, good price and quick delivery. The writer puts more descriptive detail in the story, and that takes time to read and then the detail doesn't seem to relate to the story in a very important way. Early in a book detail is important to set the scenes properly, after that, not so much in my opinion. Rushdie is by all accounts an outstanding writer. This book gave me too much to digest, too early on, and it seemed too much. Don't know of a better way to put it.
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5 out of 5 stars
by wykvApyqQxe@Del...06 Jan, 2007
One of the most controversial books of all time
I bought this book to see for myself what all the controversy was all about. The book mostly deals with issues of identity, immigration and language through the adventures of two Hindu Muslims in Britain. Nothing controversial there, people who have lived abroad would find this part quite interesting and relevant. The parts that I believe eventually led to the death fatwa for Rushdie are the chapters that deal with the life of Mohammed, angel Gibreel, the ayetollah. The author gives an alternative version of the official history of Islam, presents Mohammed as a common person with his flaws rather than a prophet, has a few less than kind words for the ayetollah. Overall, I think the book presents a different and fresh perspective on Islam. As a Muslim, I enjoyed the book and wasn't offended by the author's ideas.Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by 2010cathiem05 Sep, 2022
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Book is in great shape. I had wanted to read when first published and then when the author was attacked it reminded me I hadn’t read the book yet!
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