The Satanic Verses Paperback - 1997
by Salman Rushdie
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An intense explosion wreaks havoc on the airplane as two strangers, Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha, cling to a hope of survival among the screams. As the two solitary survivors fall, they are bombarded with biblical visions of contradicting natures and twisted endings. Gibreel is transformed into the Angel Gabriel and Saladin into the Devil. Upon landing on the ground, Saladin is quickly taken into custody by law enforcement, is fired from his job, and finds out his wife is cheating on him. In parallel, Gibreel’s life seems to be filled with opportunity and glory as he is reunited with his lost love and gains a reputation in his field. Overcome with resentment for the other man, Saladin vows vengeance on Gibreel; however, we quickly learn that Good and Evil are simply a balancing act intertwined in an individual's story.
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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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