Книга: Rushdie Salman «The Satanic Verses»

The Satanic Verses

No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which earned its author a death sentence. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable. The book begins with two Indians, Gibreel Farishta ( "for fifteen years the biggest star in the history of the Indian movies" ) and Saladin Chamcha, a Bombay expatriate returning from his first visit to his homeland in 15 years, plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their jetliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations. Rushdie's powers of invention are astonishing in this Whitbread Prize winner.

Издательство: "Vintage books" (2012)

ISBN: 9780963270702

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Rushdie,Salman

Rush·die (rŭshʹdē), Salman. Born 1947.

Indian-born British writer forced into hiding when his novel The Satanic Verses (1988) led the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini to demand his execution. His other works include Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize, and The Moor's Last Sigh (1995).

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Источник: Rushdie,Salman

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  • (the) Satanic Verses — The Satanic Verses [The Satanic Verses] a novel (1988) by Salman Rushdie about the religion of Islam. Some Muslims found it very offensive. The Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran declared that Rushdie should be killed, and public protests against the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Satanic Verses — Infobox Book name = The Satanic Verses title orig = translator = image caption = author = Salman Rushdie illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Magic Realism, Novel publisher = Viking Press… …   Wikipedia

  • The Satanic Verses controversy — refers to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses . In particular it involves the novel s alleged blasphemy or unbelief; the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the… …   Wikipedia

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  • Satanic Verses — Satanic Vers|es, The (1988) a novel by Salman Rushdie which caused great offence to people whose religion is ↑Islam and caused the Ayatollah Khomeini to give a ↑fatwa, which was an order that Rushdie should be killed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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