The satanic verses : a novel
Salman Rushdie (Author)
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
Print Book, English, 2008
Random House Trade Paperback edition View all formats and editions
Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York, 2008
Magic realism (Literature)
561 pages : 21 cm
9780812976717, 0812976711
214285984
The angel Gibreel
Mahound
Ellowen Deeowen
Ayesha
A city visible but unseen
Return to Jahilia
The angel Azraeel
The parting of the Arabian Sea
A wonderful lamp