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Book 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)
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Experience the power of words with The Satanic Verses: A Novel, the #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER that has captivated readers worldwide. With its torrent of endlessly inventive prose, this spectacular novel by Salman Rushdie is a literary masterpiece that embraces life in all its contradictions. From comic to enraged, this book is filled with verbal pyrotechnics that barely outshine its profound psychological truths.
Winner of the coveted Whitbread Prize, The Satanic Verses is one of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written. Transporting its readers to a modern world teeming with mayhem and miracles, the story kicks off with the explosive terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet midflight. As chaos ensues, two Indian actors with opposing sensibilities crash to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil.
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