{"product_id":"9780670825370","title":"The Satanic Verses - Rushdie, Salman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/u\u003e by Rushdie, Salman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by The Viking Press, 1989\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e#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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for The Satanic Verses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination.”—The Guardian (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb.”—The Times (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Viking Press, 1989","offers":[{"title":"The Satanic Verses \/ Very Good","offer_id":51258013974820,"sku":"9780670825370VG","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_c368bd35-80a9-460d-a3ca-8d64f9c1790c.jpg?v=1781791580","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780670825370","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}