The satanic verses : a novel
by
Rushdie, Salman, author.
Title
:
The satanic verses : a novel
Author
:
Rushdie, Salman, author.
Summary
:
A hijacked jumbo jet bound for London blows apart high above the English Channel. Two figures, Indian actors of opposing sensibilities, Gibreel and Saladin, fall to Earth, and are washed up on an English beach. Soon curious changes occur--Gibreel seems to have acquired a halo, while Saladin grows hooves and bumps at his temples. They are transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is the initial act in an odyssey that merges the actual with the imagined.
Edition
:
Random House trade paperbacks edition.
Contents
:
The angel Gibreel -- Mahound -- Ellowen Deeowen -- Ayesha -- A city visible but unseen -- Return to Jahilia -- The angel Azraeel -- The parting of the Arabian Sea -- A wonderful lamp.
Physical Description
:
561 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
Genre
:
Didactic fiction.
Allegories.
Magic realist fiction.
Subject Term
:
Airplane crash survival -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
East Indians -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
London (England) -- Fiction.
Publisher
:
Random House Trade Paperbacks,
Publication Date
:
2008
1988
ISBN
:
9780812976717
9781442085664
Publication Information
:
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, [2008]
Call Number
:
RUSHDIE
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