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The Satanic Verses

by: Salman Rushdie (author)

Just before dawn one winter’s morning, a hijacked aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India’s legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices. Washed up, alive, on an... show more

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Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Pages no: 547

Edition language: English

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Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Literature, Cultural, Religion, Contemporary, India, Asian Literature, Indian Literature, Banned Books, Magical Realism

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6 years ago

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I've been hesitant to read this one, because I heard that it doesn't quite live up to the legend surrounding it. In case you don't remember the hoopla about this book, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy should get you up to speed. I also read Joseph Anton before I read ...

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nente rated it

8 years ago

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Neither very magical nor quite real.I have had a lot of issues with this book as I read on, but possibly the biggest problem is that I can't be bothered to address them all.With a great big cast of characters, is it inevitable that they would be all rather flat? I might say yes, but surely that need...

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shell pebble rated it

11 years ago

http://Zanna.booklikes.com shell pebble 3.5 Falling from the sky

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With its electrifying first chapter, Rushdie's most controversial novel sets the scene for dramatic and mystical events to intrude violently into the well worn land of the living. His grandiose language lends itself to reading aloud to your family when caught in crawling motorway traffic in a thunde...

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Book Trauma rated it

11 years ago

http://Zorena.booklikes.com Book Trauma 4.0

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I remember I was working in a book store when this was first released to much controversy over death threats and due in part to that it became a best seller. I am pretty sure that is one of the main reasons I didn't read it then. The other being I didn't always want to read the newest releases. Even...

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Xalaila's book diary rated it

12 years ago

http://Xalaila.booklikes.com Xalaila's book diary 5.0 The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist)

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Complicado, tanto por el estilo como por las historias entrelazadas. Deja mucho qué pensar, pues es una crítica a la creencia de que Mahoma recibió la revelación directamente de un ángel de Dios. Con razón lo condenaron a muerte. No dejen de leerlo.

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