The Satanic Verses
Publisher: Macmillan
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel.
Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel.
'A masterpiece' Sunday Times Just before dawn one winter's morning, a aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and ...
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.
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.
Through this story, Rushdie explores the themes of Indian identity, migration, belief and alienation.
At the example of various immigrants which are subject to the novel I try to point out the problems these people have when coming to a foreign country.
This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more.
... The Satanic Verses sees himself as a survivor of adaptation. Like the devils of Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, the narrator clearly pushes his own notion of virtue as adaptation, creating a diabolic scripture to counter the ...