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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670825379
ISBN-139780670825370
eBay Product ID (ePID)548814
Product Key Features
Edition7
Book TitleSatanic Verses
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMagical Realism, Religious, General, Literary
Publication Year1989
GenreFiction
AuthorSalman Rushdie
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-040266
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
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
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Grade ToUP
Table Of ContentThe 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
Synopsis#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), #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)
LC Classification NumberPR6068.U757S27 1988
Bewertungen und Rezensionen
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- 20. Dez. 2017
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.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. 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.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 25. Okt. 2017
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.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 04. Sep. 2022
Book
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!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Sep. 2016
"The Satanic Verses"
It is a extremely intense book and leaves you wondering for the first few chapters who is the good and who is the evil. I must say though, it isn't a read for the common man. You need a vast vocabulary and knowledge of the meaning of the words plus be able to use phonics for the characters have, I believe, Arabic names. All in all ... I'm hooked!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 11. Mai. 2022
Satan Satan Satan Verses
Love the author's approach to the subject. BraceBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 23. Apr. 2023
Salman Rushdie writes like he is painting pictures with words
I love this novel. Written by one of the best. Page turning. The hair stands upBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Jul. 2019
Book in excellent condition
This used book looks new, except you can tell its pages are oldBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 15. Mai. 2024
Satan Never Said That
good satire...you have to know the Koran to really appreciate itBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 27. Jul. 2021
Might sound to be about the devil, but its not
Started the book, always wanted to read this book since high school.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
