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The satanic verses / Salman Rushdie.

Rushdie, Salman. (Author).

Summary:

A hijacked jumbo jet blows apart high above the English Channel. Two figures, Gibreel and Saladin, 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0670825379
  • ISBN: 9780670825370
  • Physical Description: 546 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st American ed.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1989, c1988.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Angel Gibreel -- Mahound -- Ellowen Deeowen -- Ayesha -- City Visible but Unseen -- Return to Jahilia -- Angel Azraeel -- Parting of the Arabian Sea -- Wonderful Lamp.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.
Subject: Survival > Fiction.
East Indians > England > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre: Didactic fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses
by Rushdie, Salman
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Author Notes

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie was born in India on June 19, 1947. He was raised in Pakistan and educated in England. His novels include Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, and The Golden House. His non-fiction works include Joseph Anton, Imaginary Homelands, The Jaguar Smile, and Step across This Line. He also wrote a collection of short stories entitled East, West. He has received numerous awards including the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel twice, the James Tait Black Prize, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children, and the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize. (Bowker Author Biography)


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