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The Satanic Verses
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670825379
- ISBN 13
- 9780670825370
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing of Rushdie's controversial masterpiece from 1989. With a quarter black cloth-wrapped spine brightly lettered in gilt to spine & black paper over the remaining boards, this hardcover is in Near Fine condition: only flaw is extremely mild spotting to top & bottom outside page edges (too faint to shoe up in picture). Else, Like New! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. The unclipped DJ is virtually flawless: bright & colorful, nicely protected in new mylar cover to stay that way! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays PST; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
The Satanic Verses is a novel written by Salman Rushdie, published in 1988. It weaves together multiple narratives and explores themes of identity, religion, and cultural conflict, including the idea of cultural hybridity and the ways in which individuals negotiate their identities in a multicultural world. The novel begins with a fictionalized version of the true story of the hijacking of an airplane from Bombay to London, which ends with the two main characters, Gibreel and Saladin, miraculously surviving a fall from the plane. The rest of the novel takes place in a dream-like state that turns the work into a magical realism novel. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie was criticized by many conservative groups, which defined the book as blasphemous and offensive to Islam. Rushdie was even the subject of a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for his death. Due to the controversies that led to its publication, The Satanic Verses has been banned in several countries such as Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Reviews
On Jun 8 2011, Osmosiphobe said:
great book. i really appreciate the fluidity of rushdie's style. i read this with a group, and the major complaints from others in the group were the surreal quality and a basic ignorance of the information related to the british-indian experience. there's more to be said, but the saying of it would not do the book justice. if you're not familiar with british-indian relations and post-colonialism, get over it and check this book out.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021023
- Title
- The Satanic Verses
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670825379
- ISBN 13
- 9780670825370
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- FATWA BANNED BOOKS INDIA DEVIL SATAN ISLAM PROPHETS FICTION PROPHECY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories;
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