Salman Rushdie Book order (chronological)

Ukrytý v hliněné nádobě. Zapečetěný voskem. Pohřbený v srdci zničeného paláce uprostřed popela jedné z největších, téměř zapomenutých indických říší. Příběh, který čeká na odvyprávění. Ve čtrnáctém století našeho letopočtu na jihu území, kterému dnes říkáme Indie, devítiletá Pampa Kampana poprvé uslyší hlas bohyně. Přísahá jí, že zajistí, aby už žádnou ženu nestihl osud její milované matky. S pomocí zázraků Pampa vybuduje velké město zvané Bisnaga – „město vítězství“, kde jsou ženy rovny mužům. Každé dílo se však může svému tvůrci vymknout z rukou a Bisnaga není výjimkou. Mnohovrstevnatý text nám v lecčems připomíná pohádky z Tisíce a jedné noci, propojení intrik a nadpřirozena zase současnou popkulturu, jako je Hra o trůny. Rushdie svým doposud posledním románem znovu skládá hold příběhu, který je na rozdíl od lidí a říší nesmrtelným. Řečeno s autorem: Jedinými vítězi jsou slova.

Das Weltereignis: Salman Rushdie erzählt die Geschichte des Attentats auf ihn und schafft daraus große Literatur Im August 2022 wird Salman Rushdie während einer Lesung auf offener Bühne mit einem Messer angegriffen und schwer verletzt. Mehr als dreißig Jahre nachdem das iranische Regime wegen seines Romans »Die satanischen Verse« eine Fatwa gegen ihn ausgesprochen hat, holt ihn die Bedrohung ein. Salman Rushdie überlebt den Anschlag und hält seinem Angreifer das schärfste Schwert entgegen: Er verarbeitet diese unvorstellbare Tat, die die ganze Welt in Atem hielt, zu einer Geschichte über Angst, Dankbarkeit und den Kampf für Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung. »Knife« ist Salman Rushdies persönlichstes Werk, dringlich und unerschütterlich ehrlich. Eine lebensbejahende Hymne an die Macht der Literatur, dem Undenkbaren einen Sinn zu geben.

If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour. Two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy against the backdrop of national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor.These five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home – India, England and America – and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life. They are the reckoning with mortality that we all must one day make, and speak deeply to what the author has come from and through.Do we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it? How can we bid farewell to the places that we have made home? How do we achieve fulfilment with our lives if we don't know the end of our own stories? The Eleventh Hour ponders life and death, legacy and identity with the penetrating insight and boundless imagination that have made Salman Rushdie one of the most celebrated writers of our time.Brought to you by Penguin.

If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour. Two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy against the backdrop of national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English college, an undead academic can't rest until he avenges his former tormentor. Following Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, Salman Rushdie's new fiction moves between the places he has grown up in, inhabited, explored, and left. In doing so, he asks fundamental questions we all one day face. How does one deal with, accommodate, or rail against entering the eleventh hour, the final stage of your life? How can you bid farewell to the places you have made home? The Eleventh Hour is the magisterial new work from one of our greatest living writers. It speaks deeply to what Salman Rushdie has come from and through, and strikes into the heart of our fractious times.

Der neue große Roman über Liebe, Macht und die Kraft des Erzählens von Booker-Preisträger Salman Rushdie Südindien im 14. Jahrhundert: Die neunjährige Waise Pampa Kampana wird von einer Göttin auserkoren, ihre menschliche Hülle und ihr Sprachrohr in die Welt zu sein. In ihrem Namen erschafft Pampa aus einer Handvoll Samen eine Stadt: Bisnaga – Victory City, das Wunder der Welt. All ihr Handeln beruht auf der großen Aufgabe, die ihr die Göttin gestellt hat: den Frauen in einer patriarchalen Welt eine gleichberechtigte Rolle zu geben. Aber die Schöpfungsgeschichte Bisnagas nimmt mehr und mehr ihren eigenen Lauf. Während die Jahre vergehen, Herrscher kommen und gehen, Schlachten gewonnen und verloren werden und sich Loyalitäten verschieben, ist das Leben von Pampa Kampana untrennbar mit dieser Stadt verbunden. Von ihrem Aufstieg zu einem Weltreich bis zu ihrem tragischen Fall. Salman Rushdie erhielt den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2023 »für seine Unbeugsamkeit, seine Lebensbejahung und dafür, dass er mit seiner Erzählfreude die Welt bereichert.« (Aus der Begründung der Jury)

A moving and life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from internationally renowned writer Salman Rushdie 'A story of hatred defeated by love' Guardian 'Absolutely stunning...the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful' Nigella Lawson 'Part thriller, part love story' The Times 'A masterpiece... full of Rushdie's wit, his wisdom, his stoicism, his optimism' The Telegraph On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black - black clothes, black mask - rushed down the aisle towards him, wielding a knife. His first thought- So it's you. Here you are. What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the world. Now, for the first time, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey towards physical recovery and the healing that was made possible by the love and support of his wife, Eliza, his family, his army of doctors and physical therapists, and his community of readers worldwide. Knife is Rushdie writing with urgency, gravity, and unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature's capacity to make sense of the unthinkable. This an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.

„Když Christopher Hitchens dopsal svou knihu Bůh není veliký, poslal mi ji, abych si ji přečetl, a já mu řekl, jen napůl v žertu, že má v názvu jedno slovo navíc; bylo by užitečné, kdyby vymazal ‚veliký‘.“ Touto větou otevírá známý spisovatel esej Instinkt svobody. V kolekci brilantně napsaných textů se Rushdie profiluje nejen jako oddaný obhájce svobody slova a umělecké výpovědi, ale především jako znalec světového písemnictví a kultury. Věnuje se velkým literátům 20. století z rodu Kurta Vonneguta nebo Samuela Becketta, srovnává Shakespearovo mistrovství se Cervantesovým, na příkladu Aje Wej-weje, Pussy Riot či Roberta Saviana ukazuje, jakou roli hraje v tvorbě odvaha. Nechybí ani příspěvky, které se věnují dopadení bin Ládina nebo koronavirové pandemii. Rushdie vždy píše s vášnivým zaujetím pro styl, ve kterém se prolíná přesnost pozorování s bohatou obrazností. A se smyslem pro pravdu, bez ohledu na to, jak riskantní může být.

Salman Rushdie erhält den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2023 »für seine Unbeugsamkeit, seine Lebensbejahung und dafür, dass er mit seiner Erzählfreude die Welt bereichert.« (Aus der Begründung der Jury) »Als ich nach Nicaragua fuhr, hatte ich nicht die Absicht, ein Buch darüber zu schreiben oder überhaupt zu schreiben; doch die Begegnung mit dem Land hat mich so tief bewegt, dass mir keine andere Wahl blieb.« Als Salman Rushdie 1986 nach Nicaragua reist, ist er überwältigt: von den Menschen und ihrer Kultur, von der Schönheit der Natur, aber auch von der komplizierten politischen Lage. Er findet ein Land mitten im Umbruch vor – ein zutiefst widersprüchliches und zugleich wunderschönes Land, dessen Zauber der Erzähler Rushdie mit seiner ganz eigenen, besonderen Sprache erfasst. Ein großer Autor bereist ein Land im Umbruch »Rushdie zeigt uns das Land in seinen leuchtend bunten Farben.« (New York Times)

She will whisper an empire into existence - but all stories have a way of getting away from their creator... 'Full of adventure...a celebration of the power of storytelling' GUARDIAN In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga, 'victory city'. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's as she attempts to make good on the task that the goddess set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and Bisnaga is no exception. 'Mesmerising' ELIF SHAFAK, author of The Island of Missing Trees 'A total pleasure to read' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the planet's greatest writers' EVENING STANDARD 'A triumph... Enthralling' i NEWSPAPER * A FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 * * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023 *

From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey of the evolution of language and culture. Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, including several never previously in print, Languages of Truth chronicles a period of momentous cultural shifts. Across a wide variety of subjects, Rushdie delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and what emerges is a love letter to literature itself. Throughout, Rushdie shares his personal encounters, on the page and in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison, and revels in the creative lines that can join art and life. Always attuned to the malleability of language, Rushdie considers the nature of truth, and looks anew at migration, multiculturalism and censorship. Written with the author's signature wit and energy, Languages of Truth offers pleasure and insight in equal measure, confirming Rushdie's place as one of the most original and important thinkers of our time.

In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a danger-laden expedition to Florida. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive. As he journeys across America with his Spanish companions, the Old World roles of slave and master fall away, and Estebanico remakes himself as an equal, a healer, and a remarkable storyteller. His tale illuminates the ways in which our narratives can transmigrate into history¿and how storytelling can offer a chance at redemption and survival.

Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam DuChamp, mediocre writer of spy thrillers, creates Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television, who falls in impossible love with the TV star Salman R. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest across America to prove worthy of her hand, gallantly braving the tragicomic perils of an age where 'Anything-Can-Happen'. Meanwhile his creator, in a midlife crisis, has equally urgent challenges of his own.

S még mi mindenre vágyunk hasztalan! Mennyire ritka lett a szivárvány is. Vajon elvárható-e akár egy bűvös cipellőtől is, hogy működjék? Azt ígéri, hazavisz bennünket, de vajon föl tudja-e fogni az otthonlét metaforáit?

Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller What is the difference between friendship and love? Jewish and mercurial, a talented pianist tortured by nerves when he has to play in public, Anton fails to understand how deeply and irrevocably his life and Gustav's are entwined.

When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama, Nero and his sons, each extraordinary in his own right, quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society. Their story is told by their neighbour, René, an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Goldens the perfect subject. René chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden : the high life of money, of art and fashion, a sibling quarrel, an unexpected metamorphosis, the arrival of a beautiful woman, betrayal and murder. In a new world order of alternative truths, here is the ultimate novel about identity, veracity, terror and lies.

In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth gardener finds that his feet no longer touch the ground. A graphic novelist awakens in his bedroom to a mysterious entity that resembles his own sub-Stan Lee creation. A seductive gold digger is soon tapped to combat forces beyond imagining.

Le 14 février 1989, S. Rushdie reçoit une fatwa de Khomeini pour Les versets sataniques. Il décrit sa vie en clandestinité, son changement d'identité, et son combat pour la liberté, tout en partageant son quotidien sous surveillance armée et sa quête de soutien auprès des médias et des politiciens.

Celebrated as one of the BBC's 100 greatest children's books, this story captivates young readers with its imaginative narrative and relatable characters. It explores themes of adventure, friendship, and the power of imagination, making it a timeless classic. The book's engaging plot draws children into a vibrant world, encouraging them to dream and explore. Its enduring appeal has made it a beloved choice for generations, ensuring that it continues to inspire and entertain young audiences today.

Jak zwykle u Rushdiego prawdzie historycznej towarzyszy tu fikcja, a postacie autentyczne spotykają się z wytworami imaginacji pisarza. Jak zwykle też książka wywołała skandal oraz ostre protesty niepochlebnie sportretowanej w niej Indiry Gandhi. W ramach znanych z historii najnowszej wydarzeń Rushdie osadził opowiedzianą przez Salima Sinaiego sagę rodzinną o "dzieciach północy" urodzonych w chwili uzyskania niepodległości przez Indie.

14 lutego 1989 roku, w dzień świętego Walentego, Salman Rushdie otrzymał telefon od dziennikarki BBC z informacją, że został „skazany na śmierć” przez ajatollaha Chomejniego. Po raz pierwszy usłyszał słowo fatwa, które stało się symbolem jego dramatycznej sytuacji. Jego przewina? Powieść „Szatańskie wersety”, oskarżona o bycie „przeciwko islamowi, Prorokowi i Koranowi”. Rushdie zmuszony był do ukrywania się, przenoszenia z miejsca na miejsce, zawsze pod ochroną uzbrojonych strażników. Wybierając nowe nazwisko, zainspirował się ulubionymi pisarzami, tworząc Joseph Anton. Jak żył pod groźbą śmierci przez ponad dziewięć lat? Jak kontynuował pisanie, przeżywał miłości i rozczarowania? W swoich wspomnieniach Rushdie po raz pierwszy relacjonuje tę niezwykłą historię, ukazując zmagania o wolność słowa. Opisuje zarówno mroczne, jak i zabawne aspekty życia w cieniu zagrożenia, relacje z ochroniarzami oraz poszukiwanie wsparcia od rządów i wydawców. Jego opowieść jest szczera, frapująca i niezwykle ważna, ukazując dramat, który wciąż trwa na świecie. Rushdie, urodzony w 1947 roku w Indiach, zdobył międzynarodową sławę dzięki „Dzieciom północy” oraz „Szatańskim wersom”, a jego twórczość obejmuje wiele nagradzanych powieści.

On 14 February 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been 'sentenced to death' by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses. So begins Rushdie's extraordinary memoir of how a writer was forced underground.

Světoznámý britský prozaik se v dlouho očekávané vzpomínkové knize vrací k létům, která musel poté, co byl ájatolláhem Chomejním v únoru 1989 odsouzen k smrti za autorství románu Satanské verše, strávit pod policejní ochranou a v neustálých obavách o vlastní život i osud svých blízkých. Strhující vyprávění zaujme dramatickým popisem událostí i otevřeností s níž autor popisuje své vynucené soužití s policejními specialisty, zvraty ve svém soukromém životě či složitý vztah k vlastnímu otci a komentuje postoje těch, kteří jej veřejně podpořili nebo se naopak přidali k jeho kritikům. Kniha se jmenuje Joseph Anton – podle jména, které si musel dát na doporučení policie zvolit pro své ukrývání.

IMAGINE you are Luka, a twelve-year-old boy who has to save the life of the storyteller father you adore. IMAGINE you have two loyal companions by your side: a bear called Dog who can sing and a dog called Bear who can dance. IMAGINE you must now embark on a journey through the Magic World to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task... With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best.

"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."—E. M. Forster In her most ambitious novel to date, Reggie Nadelson continues to explore the life of Artie Cohen, a New York police detective with deep ties to his Russian heritage and a close friendship with the flamboyant club owner Tolya Sverdloff. Artie's world is shaken when he discovers a murdered girl in Brooklyn, bound in duct tape on a swing. The intended victim was actually Tolya's daughter, Valentina, whom Artie has long cherished. Rushing to London to inform Tolya, Artie finds himself ensnared in a dangerous web of Russian crime and wealth. Londongrad, as it's known, has become a haven for the new Russian underworld, reminiscent of Berlin at the end of World War II. As Artie delves deeper, he travels to Moscow, navigating the complexities between the old KGB and the new FSB. In this perilous journey, he uncovers painful truths about his past that ultimately threaten Tolya's life, forcing Artie to confront his loyalties and the cost of friendship amidst a backdrop of crime and betrayal.

Contributions : Marjane Satrapi, bernard-Henri Lévy, Alberto Moravia, Michel Butel, Yann Moix, Nils Minkmar, Donatien Grau, Jacques Henric, Raphaël Haddad, Christophe Ayad, Laurent Dispot, Pascal Bacqué, Olivier Zahm, Anne-Sophie Mercier, Pierre Bergé, Claude Lanzmann. Les inédits de l'Imec pour la RDJDossier : Salman Rushdie, 20 ans après la Fatwa

This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a “magnificent array” (Library Journal) of voices both new and recognized.With Rushdie at the helm, the 2008 edition “reflects the variety of substance and style and the consistent quality that readers have come to expect” (Publishers Weekly).“We all live in and with and by stories, every day, whoever and wherever we are. The freedom to tell each other the stories of ourselves, to retell the stories of our culture and beliefs, is profoundly connected to the larger subject of freedom itself.”—Salman Rushdie, editorIntroduction / by Salman Rushdie --Admiral / T.C. Boyle --The year of silence / Kevin Brockmeier --Galatea / Karen Brown --Man and wife / Katie Chase --Virgins / Danielle Evans --Closely held / Allegra Goodman --May we be forgiven / A.M. Homes --From the desk of Daniel Varsky / Nicole Krauss --The king of sentences / Jonathan Lethem --The worst you ever feel / Rebecca Makkai --The wizard of West Orange / Steven Millhauser --Nawabdin Electrician / Daniyal Mueenuddin --Child's play / Alice Munro --Buying Lenin / Miroslav Penkov --Vampires in the lemon grove / Karen Russell --Puppy / George Saunders --Quality of life / Christine Sneed --Missionaries / Bradford Tice --Straightaway / Mark Wisniewski --Bible / Tobias Wolff

A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital.

"Гарун и Море Историй" - тонкая и умная вещь, вобравшая в себя пряный колорит "Тысячи и одной ночи", нежность "Маленького принца" и парадоксальный юмор "Алисы в стране чудес". Роман уже завоевал сердца больших и маленьких читателей по всему миру - за него автор получил награду американской Гильдии Писателей, а в Лондоне и Нью-Йорке с сенсационным успехом идут постановки театральной версии - "Гаруна…". Вы еще не летали с мудрым мальчиком Гаруном на незримую Луну, оседлав сказочную птицу? Спешите - миллионы читателей во всем мире уже совершили это захватывающее путешествие! (От производителя)

Роман "Дети полуночи" трижды получал премию "Букер": в 1981 году как лучший роман, в 1993 и 2008 годах - к 25-й и 40-й годовщине премии как лучшее произведение из всех, ее получивших. Это роман-аллегория, рассказ об обретшей независимость Индии и о поколении, которое родилось уже в свободной стране. Это и миф, и притча, и фантасмагория, где переплетены трагическое и комическое, сатира и пафос, авантюра и драма, многоплановое повествование, рассказывающее о жизни главного героя, Салема Синая, и об истории Индии и отчасти Пакистана с 1910 по 1976 год.

For all their permeability, the borders snaking across the world have never been of greater importance. This is the dance of history in our age: slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, back and forth and from side to side, we step across these fixed and shifting lines. —from Part IVWith astonishing range and depth, the essays, speeches, and opinion pieces assembled in this book chronicle a ten-year intellectual odyssey by one of the most important, creative, and respected minds of our time. Step Across This Line concentrates in one volume Salman Rushdie’s fierce intelligence, uncanny social commentary, and irrepressible wit—about soccer, The Wizard of Oz, and writing, about fighting the Iranian fatwa and turning with the millennium, and about September 11, 2001. Ending with the eponymous, never-before-published speeches, this collection is, in Rushdie’s words, a “wake-up call” about the way we live, and think, now.

Blending genres seamlessly, this book weaves together elements of a modern thriller, courtroom drama, and wartime adventure, while also incorporating slapstick comedy and political satire. It draws on the rich tapestry of the Ramayan epic and village legends, creating a vibrant narrative that captivates with its dazzling storytelling and multifaceted themes.

Bloemlezing van literaire en populair-wetenschappelijke teksten van binnen- en buitenlandse auteurs over engelen.

Retells the adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.

Fury is the story of a dollmaker whose dolls run wild, of living women turned into dolls and then broken, and of a revolt on the planet's far side led by an army of living dolls. Fury is a novel of an old, deep love gone wrong, of a second, twisted passion rooted in wrongness, and of a third, passionate love that just might turn out right. Fury is a novel of furious energy, a study of the workings of fury at the heart of human lives: the personal fury that poisons human relations, the psychotic fury that fuels murderers, the social fury born of our raised and disappointed hopes, the creative fury that sets free our greatest gifts, the political fury that starts revolutions and burns whole cities down. Fury is a novel of today, an utterly contemporary portrait of life at the beginning of the third millennium, life in New York during an apparently endless time of prosperity that is paradoxically also a time of barrenness in many people's lives, and also in the world-empire that America rules, although it barely knows where it is. (Fuente: Casa del Libro).

Parafrase van de Orpheusmythe, waarin een fotograaf op zoek gaat naar zijn minnares, een plotseling van de aardbodem verdwenen wereldberoemde popzangeres.

Salman Rushdie reflects on "The Wizard of Oz" as his first literary influence, emphasizing its themes of adult inadequacy and children's empowerment. He argues it transcends mere fantasy, addressing exile and the creation of one's own home. This edition includes Rushdie's new short story, "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers," alongside a new foreword and cover design.

This is Salman Rushdie's celebration of Americana, a brilliant examination of what the world means to America, and what America means to the world. It's his most gripping, boldest and most imaginative novel to date -- an account of the intimate and flawed encounter between the East and West.

This edition includes a new Preface by the author to the 1997 paperback edition. In this portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of a revolution. Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986, "harboring no preconceptions of what he might find." What he discovered was for him overwhelming: a culture of heroes who had turned into inanimate objects and of politicians and warriors who were poets, a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions. Rushdie came to know an enormous range of people, from the Foreign Minister--a priest--to a midwife who kept a pet cow in her living room. His perceptions always heightened by his special sensitivity to "the views from underneath," Rushdie reveals a land resounding to the clashes between history and morality, government and individuals. In The Jaguar Smile Rushdie brings us--as few Americans or Europeans could--the true Nicaragua, where nothing is simple, everything is contested, and struggles to the death are daily fare.

The indian subcontinent has produced some of the worlds greatest writers, and a body of literature unsurpassed in its sustained imagination, impassioned lyricism and sparkling tragi-comedy now salman rushdie and elizabeth west have collected together the finest indian writing of the last fifty years published to coincide with the anniversary of indias independence, it is an anthology of extraordinary range and vigour, as exciting and varied as the land that inspired it including works mulk raj anand gita mehta anjana appachana ved mehta vikram chandra rohinton mistry upamanyu chatterjee r k narayan amit chaudhuri jawaharlal nehru nirad c chaudhuri padma perera anita desai satyajit ray kiran desai arundhati roy g v desani salman rushdie amitav ghosh nayantara sahgal githa hariharan i allan sealy ruth prawer jhabvala vikram seth firdaus kanga bapsi sidhwa mukul kesavan sara suleri saadat hasan manto shashi tharoor kamala markandaya ardashir vakil

A collection of six short stories in which Rushdie explores the relationship, the shared history, and the misunderstandings that both bind and separate East and West. From the winner of the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children, and the Booker of Bookers in 1993.

Winner of England's prestigious Whitbread Ward, Rushdie's first novel in seven years is a peppery melange of genres: a deliciously inventive family saga; a subversive alternate history of modern India; a fairy tale as inexhaustibly imagined as any in The Arabian Nights; and a book of ideas on topics from art to ethnicity, from religious fanaticism to the terrifying power of love.

Containing 74 essays written over the last ten years, this book covers a range of subjects including the literature of the perceived masters and of Rushdie's contemporaries, the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture, film, politicians, the Labour Party, religious fundamentalism in America, racial prejudice and the preciousness of the imagination and of free expression.

Twee essays van de Britse auteur (1947- ) naar aanleiding van de commotie rond zijn roman "De duivelsverzen".

Haroun's father is the greatest of all storyletters. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun is determined to return the storyteller's gift to his father. So he flies off on the back of the Hoopie bird to the Sea of Stories - and a fantastic adventure begins.

Salman Rushdie beschreibt in diesen Aufzeichnungen die Eindrücke, die er bei einer Nicaraguareise im Sommer 1986 erhielt. Er beschränkt sich dabei keineswegs auf politische und soziale Sachverhalte, sondern hat auch ein waches Auge für Naturschönheit, landestypische Eigenarten und unfreiwillige Komik. Rushdie lernte Nicaragua zu einem Zeitpunkt kennen, zu dem, wie er meint, alles noch in der Schwebe war, das Land sich nicht am Anfang, aber auch nicht am Ende seiner Revolution befand, sondern mittendrin. Als jemand, der in Indien geboren ist und seit Jahren in England lebt, ist er in der Lage, das, was er in Nicaragua vorfindet, sowohl mit den Augen des Westens als auch mit denen des Ostens zu betrachten. Dadurch ergibt sich ein Bild, das immer wieder in ein neues Licht gerückt wird. Rushdie, der seine Sympathien für die sandinistische Regierung nicht verhehlt, äußert in Gesprächen mit Daniel Ortega, Ernesto Cardenal und anderen freimütig seine Kritik. Das Wissen um die eigene »Voreingenommenheit« erlaubt ihm eine unverkrampfte Sicht auf Land und Menschen und eine pragmatische Einschätzung dessen, was er erlebt.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions. In this spectacular novel, verbal pyrotechnics barely outshine its psychological truths.”—Newsday Winner of the Whitbread Prize 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. Praise for The Satanic Verses “Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.”—The New York Times Book Review “Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination.”—The Guardian (London) “A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb.”—The Times (London)

The Nehrus are a dynasty without precedent in the modern world; nowhere else and at no other time in recent history has a single family wielded such enduring and pervasive power over the country and the electorate they serve. From Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter, Indira Gandhi, and from there, via Sanjay and Rajiv to most recently Sonia, this remarkable family have consistently established both the parameters and rhetoric of India's political development. In the eighties, Tariq Ali made several trips to India, meeting a wide range of political and public figures, including Mrs Gandhi, and leaders of both the Congress and Opposition parties. The Nehrus and the Gandhis, first published in 1985, was the result. Now updated to include the most recent chapters in India's political history, it remains as relevant as ever, offering an intricate and revealing portrait of power, seen through the continued rise and eyes of one family.

"Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared the smptoms of pregnancy, as they did everything else, inseparably. At their six breasts, Omar was warned against all feelings and nuances of shame. it was training which would prove useful when he left his mothers' fortress (via the dumb-waiter) to face his shameless future. As captivating fairy-tale, devastating political satire and exquisite, uproarious entertainment, Shame is a novel without rival." -- Back cover.

Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and found himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight hour, each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent -

Flapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister. But after 777 years of sailing the world's seas, he becomes weary of life, and sets out to find the mystical Calf Island, a place where his fellow immortals have gathered and created their own version of the human race.