The Satanic Verses Paperback - 1997
by Salman Rushdie
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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.
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Readers remain sharply divided over Salman Rushdie’s novel. Admirers hail its audacious imagination, linguistic virtuosity, and sprawling meditation on migration, identity, faith, and myth, calling it demanding but ultimately rewarding. Detractors find it bloated, confusing, and slow—its dream sequences, shifting names, and dense allusions (especially to Islamic history) make it hard to follow, and many give up. The religious satire is seen as provocative or offensive by some, and the surrounding controversy and free speech debate often overshadow the text itself. The broad takeaway: an ambitious, polarizing work that pays off most for patient, well-prepared readers.
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- Title The Satanic Verses
- Author Salman Rushdie
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 561
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Owl Books (NY), New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1997-06
- ISBN 9780805053098 / 0805053093
- Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 8.11 x 5.5 x 1.59 in (20.60 x 13.97 x 4.04 cm)
- Category Fiction - General
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97000795
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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