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The Satanic Verses: A Novel Paperback - 2008
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
A hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate, plummet from the sky, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations.
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- Title The Satanic Verses: A Novel
- Author Rushdie, Salman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Trade, New York
- Date 2008-03-11
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4J2HM0006C1G
- ISBN 9780812976717 / 0812976711
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 7.94 x 5.52 x 1.25 in (20.17 x 14.02 x 3.18 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects London (England), Didactic fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008272671
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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The Satanic Verses is a novel written by Salman Rushdie, published in 1988. It weaves together multiple narratives and explores themes of identity, religion, and cultural conflict, including the idea of cultural hybridity and the ways in which individuals negotiate their identities in a multicultural world.
The novel begins with a fictionalized version of the true story of the hijacking of an airplane from Bombay to London, which ends with the two main characters, Gibreel and Saladin, miraculously surviving a fall from the plane. The rest of the novel takes place in a dream-like state that turns the work into a magical realism novel.
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie was criticized by many conservative groups, which defined the book as blasphemous and offensive to Islam. Rushdie was even the subject of a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for his death. Due to the controversies that led to its publication, The Satanic Verses has been banned in several countries such as Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.