The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

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Author
Salman Rushdie
Publish Date
2008-03-11
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Random House
Subject
Literature
Subtitle
A Novel
Number of Pages
561
ISBN-10
0812976711
ISBN-13
9780812976717
SKU
9780812976717

Description

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