Shame
Alternative cover for ISBN 0099578611In his brilliant third novel, first published in 1983, Salman Rushdie gives us a lively and colorful mixture of history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country "not quite Pakistan," the story centers around the family of two men — one a...
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Alternative cover for ISBN 0099578611In his brilliant third novel, first published in 1983, Salman Rushdie gives us a lively and colorful mixture of history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country "not quite Pakistan," the story centers around the family of two men — one a celebrated warrior, the other a debauched playboy — engaged in a protracted duel tha
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 286
Edition language: English
This book follows several characters and generations whose lives intertwine in mid-twentieth century Pakistan. It took me a while to get into this book; the first couple of chapters were pretty slow and light on dialog while they introduced the oldest generation of characters. Once I got into the ...
Shame is an undesired sperm that impregnates human psychic with acute guilt and discomfort to procreate a shameless fiend amid continual cerebral labor pains. Molded on a fictionalized caricature of Pakistan’s opinionated and influential communal strata it incubates the embryonic mesh of brutality r...
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