The road has been long but good. From blood and tears frozen to gems on a prayer blanket to a man falling apart to dust under the feet of a throng, and the smell of grass and gasoline.
Synopsis: "Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and finds himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight hour, each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent -- and whose privilege and curse it ...
I never wrote a review for this book because I wasn't sure what to say. Although it's not always enjoyable to read Mr. Rushdie's work seeing as he goes off on wild tangents every so often I love his literary voice. I like his use of symbols, his names, and his characters and inverting what we know a...
In many ways the book could be titled A Hundred Years of Indian Solitude. It is not just that it is a magical realist book, it is really strongly reminiscent of A Hundred Years of Solitude.The book is good, but there is something frivolous about it. In a weird way it is precocious and there is a s...
Salman Rushdie definitely enjoys beating about the bush! I come from a culture that's the same way so I wasn't too bothered by it, and quite enjoyed it, but I can see why some people may dislike his writing style. Not I! This is one of the best books I've read this year and makes its way onto my cov...
It was very good. Rushdie is enough of a celebrity that I'm afraid it didn't quite meet my expectations - but that a problem with unrealistic expectations, not a reflection of any failing on Rushdie's part as a writer.The story is dense and complicated, and the narrative voice is distinct and intere...
A very strange book. I first tried to read it about 3 years ago and gave up at around page 100 (good effort, don't you think?). This time around, I picked it up for my f2f bookclub and was determined to finish it. I did it but still did not appreciate it.At first it was very hard to adjust to the...
Salman Rushdie's narrative tone in this book is jovial and humorous, even when he's describing pretty horrific things. It sneaks up on you that the first-person narrator, Saleem Sinai, is not just a little unreliable, but also whiny, self-justifying, and arrogant. In the end, it's hard to tell how m...
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