"To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die."
An edition of The Satanic Verses
(1988)
The Satanic Verses
a novel
Random House Trade Paperback Edition
by Salman Rushdie
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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.
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General & Literary Fiction, East Indians, Didactic fiction, literary fiction, families, Islam, Fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Survival, open_syllabus_project, metamorphosis, death, Family, Description and travel, Travel, Fiction, general, India, fiction, England, fiction, London (england), fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Islam in literature, Good and evil, English fiction, Roman de l'Inde de langue anglaise, Traductions françaises, Habiletés de survie, Romans, nouvelles, Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde), Hijacking of aircraft, Identity (Psychology), Airplane crash survival, Survie après accidents d'avion, General, Nicaragua, description and travel, JourneysPeople
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The Satanic Verses
Aug 01, 2009, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
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The Satanic Verses: a novel
2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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The Satanic Verses
2000 December, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding
in English
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Les Versets sataniques
2000 March 2, Pocket
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The Satanic Verses
1997, Vintage Canada
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The Satanic Verses: a novel
1997, Vintage Canada
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in English
- Vintage Canada ed.
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The Satanic Verses: A Novel
1997, Picador USA
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Los Versos Satanicos
1997 December, Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
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The Satanic Verses
1992, The Consortium
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Les Versets sataniques
1990-06, France Loisirs
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The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
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Versos Satanicos
1989 July, Planeta, Minsterio de Cultura, Spain, and 17 cooperating publishers
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I versi satanici
1989 March, Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano, Mondadori
Hardcover
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- III Edizione
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The Satanic Verses
1988 September 7, Penguin Books Ltd
Paperback
in English
- Open Market edition
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Table of Contents
chapter I.
The Angel Gibreel
Page 1
chapter II.
Mahound
Page 91
chapter III.
Ellowen Deeowen
Page 131
chapter IV.
Ayesha
Page 209
chapter V.
A City Visible but Unseen
Page 249
chapter VI.
Return to Jahilia
Page 369
chapter VII.
The Angel Azraeel
Page 409
chapter VIII.
The Parting of the Arabian Sea
Page 485
chapter IX.
A Wonderful Lamp
Page 523
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The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published September 26, 1988 and inspired in part by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. The title refers to the satanic verses, a group of Quranic verses that refer to three pagan Meccan goddesses: Allāt, Uzza, and Manāt. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" was based on accounts from the historians al-Waqidi and al-Tabari.
In the United Kingdom, The Satanic Verses received positive reviews, was a 1988 Booker Prize finalist (losing to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda) and won the 1988 Whitbread Award for novel of the year.
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