05076cam a2200889 4500 275922572 TxAuBib 20161013120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307786654 030778665X B004KABDMA Amazon 4f1a1e32-5fac-4398-bbd9-ad06a3c4e2ff OverDrive (Reserve ID) 158937 481389 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rushdie, Salman. The Satanic Verses [Bridges eBook] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2693kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. contemporary literature. contemporary fiction. British Literature . English literature. indian literature. literary fiction. Postcolonialism. magical realism. Salman Rushdie. Postmodernism. controversial. postcolonial. 20th Century. Spirituality. Banned Books. controversy. postmodern. literature. Terrorism. Mythology. Religion. Classics. Hinduism. British. rushdie. Fiction. England. fantasy. London. bombay. Indien. satire. muslim. angels. banned. Humor. Islam. India. 1980s. fatwa. Asia. uk. HTML:February 27, 1989 Banned in India before publication, this immense novel by Booker Prize-winner Rushdie ( Midnight's Children ) pits Good against Evil in a whimsical and fantastic tale. Two actors from India, ``prancing'' Gibreel Farishta and ``buttony, pursed'' Saladin Chamcha, are flying across the English Channel when the first of many implausible events occurs: the jet explodes. As the two men plummet to the earth, ``like titbits of tobacco from a broken old cigar,'' they argue, sing and are transformed. When they are found on an English beach, the only survivors of the blast, Gibreel has sprouted a halo while Saladin has developed hooves, hairy legs and the beginnings of what seem like horns. What follows is a series of allegorical tales that challenges assumptions about both human and divine nature. Rushdie's fanciful language is as concentrated and overwhelming as a paisley pattern. Angels are demonic and demons are angelic as we are propelled through one illuminating episode after another. The narrative is somewhat burdened by self-consciousness that borders on preciosity, but for Rushdie fans this is a splendid feast. 50,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; first serial to Harper's; BOMC alternate; QPBC alternate; author tour.. Publisher's Weekly. HTML: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. From the Trade Paperback edition.. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-10-12 23:00:02. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=4f1a1e32-5fac-4398-bbd9-ad06a3c4e2ff http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/4F1/A1E/32/SatanicVersesANovel9780307777720.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4F1A1E32-5FAC-4398-BBD9-AD06A3C4E2FF&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/4F1/A1E/32/SatanicVersesANovel9780307777720.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4F1A1E32-5FAC-4398-BBD9-AD06A3C4E2FF&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/4F1/A1E/32/SatanicVersesANovel9780307777720.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4F1A1E32-5FAC-4398-BBD9-AD06A3C4E2FF&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)