The Satanic Verses

By Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
  • Release Date: 2008-03-11
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 215 Ratings

Description

#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)

Reviews

  • If you like magical realism

    3
    By archilny
    Then you will like this book.
  • Garbage

    1
    By rubso
    Nothing special. Obviously a lack of command of the language coupled with a cliché filled narrative. I could have as well called myself a writer if all my above mistakes can pass as creativity. What a waste of time and money. Btw I am one of those the "imagined content" relates to.
  • masterpiece

    5
    By guy7373915
    with his original writing style, rushdie has created a work so deeply realized and incredibly symbolic, especially for those to whom it relates...