The Satanic Verses: A Novel

The Satanic Verses: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERÂ â€¢ â€œ[A] torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions.Â 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

â€œRushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up wholeÂ geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air."-The New York Times Book Review

â€œExhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . .Â a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination."-The Guardian (London)

â€œA novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations,Â revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power ofÂ description, and we succumb."-The Times (London)
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780812976717
Color White
ReleaseDate 2008-03-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812976717

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812976717
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2008-03-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812976717

The Satanic Verses: A Novel

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