Satanic Verses
'Satanic Verses' by Salman Rushdie, one of the most controversial books around, earned a 'fatwa' for the Booker Prize winner!
I have read 2 of the books by Salman Rushdie in the past. I have throughout admired his style.. poetic.. liberal .. figurative. Of all the books, this is one book by him that I would love to read. Call it the tendency of Singapore libraries to stay away from controversial titles or my own laziness to go all out to search the book, I have not been able to lay my hands on it yet.
Well! On the brighter side, I have found a study guide to this book. Yeah, a guide to the book before actually reading the book! Whatever.
PS. I still don't understand how old men like Salman Rushdie get to date/marry supermodels like Padmalakshmi who are a couple of inches taller than them. Weird!
posted by Neha at 4:01 PM
4 Comments:
hey dear neha,
i love rushdie's books too! when came to singapore, brought along 'the ground beneath her feet', the book in which i find so much!!!
hehe but now i have also realised that 'satanic verses' would have been even more 'interesting' choice to bring.. will get acquainted with it when in europe. wanna arrange sending over a book? ; )
1:11 AM
Hey Triin,
Thanks for visiting my blog. I read 'Ground beneath her feet'.. it is another of his lovely books! Yeah some day I will surely read satanic verses.. thanks for your offer ..
12:15 PM
You can get a used copy on ebay pretty cheap... that's how I got mine :-)
7:34 AM
Hey Neha. Glad to find another Rushdie fan :)! I have stumbled upon Satanic Verses once, and that too by accident.
I was in a second hand book store (in Bangalore), and jokingly asked the owner if he had Satanic Verses. He actually produced a copy of it in front of me...and before I could say anything...he told me "2,500 Rs. It's the only copy I have". Haha...too bad I wasnt carrying that sort of cash at the time...I was hunting for second hand books after all :P
I never saw the book again.
6:36 PM
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