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.
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 ...
Üner Daglier. Conclusion. The Satanic Verses was primarily a novel about religion and supernaturalism, and ... satanic verses 143 Conclusion.