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An edition of The Satanic Verses (1988)

The Satanic Verses

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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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Viking
Language
English
Pages
546

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Subjects

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, Journeys

People

Mahound, Allāt, Uzza, Manāt, Gibreel Farishta, Saladin Chamcha, Allie Cone, the Devil, Karim Abu Simbel, Al-Lat, Alleluia Cone, Ayesha, Anahita Sufyan, Bilal, Death, Changez Chamchawala, Hamza, Hanif Johnson, Hind, Mishal, Shaitan

Places

India, England, London, Arabian Sea, Bombay, Brickhall, Everest, Yathrib, Spring of Zamzam

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Cover of: De duivelsverzen
De duivelsverzen
2010-06, Pandora
Paperback in Dutch - Vierentwintigste druk
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Cover of: Los Versos Satanicos
Los Versos Satanicos
1997 December, Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
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Les Versets sataniques
1990-06, France Loisirs
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The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
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Die Satanischen Verse
1989, Artikel 19
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Die Satanischen Verse
1989, Artikel 19
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Les versets sataniques
1989, C. Bourgois
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The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
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The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
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The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1988

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PR9499.3.R8S28 1989, PR6068.U757S27 1988, PR9499.3.R8 S28 1989, PR6068.U757 S27 1989

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
546

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL34625896M
Internet Archive
satanicverses0000rush_j5v2
ISBN 10
0670825379
ISBN 13
9780670825370
LCCN
88040266
OCLC/WorldCat
18558869, 49645071
Goodreads
59229115

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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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"To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die."
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