Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
L'éternelle lutte entre le Bien et le Mal, sous la plume débridée, loufoque, baroque de Salman Rushdie.
A l'aube d'un matin d'hiver, un jumbo jet explose au-dessus de la Manche. Au milieu de membres humains éparpillés et d'objets non identifiés, deux silhouettes improbables tombent du ciel : Gibreel Farishta, le légendaire acteur indien, et Saladin Chamcha, l'homme des Mille Voix, self-made man et anglophile devant l'éternel. Agrippés l'un à l'autre, chantant à qui mieux-mieux, ils atterrissent sains et saufs, ô miracle, sur une plage anglaise enneigée...
Gibreel et Saladin ont été choisis (par qui ?) pour être les protagonistes de la lutte éternelle entre le Bien et le Mal. Mais qui est qui ? Les démons peuvent-ils être angéliques ? Les anges sont-ils des diables déguisés ? Tandis que les deux hommes rebondissent du passé au présent et du rêve en aventure, nous sommes spectateurs d'un extraordinaire cycle de contes d'amour et de passion, de trahison et de foi, avec, au centre de tout cela, l'histoire de Mahmoud, prophète de Jahilia, la cité de sable - Mahmoud, frappé par une révélation où les versets sataniques se mêlent au divin.
Avec ce grand livre-tourbillon, où le passé et le futur se livrent une chasse sans merci, Salman Rushdie nous embarque dans une épopée truculente, un voyage de larmes et de rires au pays du Bien et du Mal, si inséparablement liés dans le cour des hommes.
Source: https://www.lisez.com/livre-grand-format/les-versets-sataniques/9782259186667
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: Dutch Spanish French English German
Subjects
General & Literary Fiction, East Indians, Didactic fiction, literary fiction, families, Islam, Fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Survival, open_syllabus_project, metamorphosis, death, Family, Description and travel, Travel, Fiction, general, India, fiction, England, fiction, London (england), fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Islam in literature, Good and evil, English fiction, Roman de l'Inde de langue anglaise, Traductions françaises, Habiletés de survie, Romans, nouvelles, Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde), Hijacking of aircraft, Identity (Psychology), Airplane crash survival, Survie après accidents d'avion, General, Nicaragua, description and travel, JourneysPeople
Mahound, Allāt, Uzza, Manāt, Gibreel Farishta, Saladin Chamcha, Allie Cone, the Devil, Karim Abu Simbel, Al-Lat, Alleluia Cone, Ayesha, Anahita Sufyan, Bilal, Death, Changez Chamchawala, Hamza, Hanif Johnson, Hind, Mishal, ShaitanPlaces
India, England, London, Arabian Sea, Bombay, Brickhall, Everest, Yathrib, Spring of ZamzamShowing 11 featured editions. View all 48 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
01
De duivelsverzen
2010-06, Pandora
Paperback
in Dutch
- Vierentwintigste druk
9025434711 9789025434717
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
02 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
03
Los Versos Satanicos
1997 December, Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
Paperback
in Spanish
8401413826 9788401413827
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
04
Les Versets sataniques
1990-06, France Loisirs
Hardcover
in French
- Edition du Club France Loisirs
2724249437 9782724249439
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
05 |
eeee
|
06 |
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
07 |
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
08 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
09 |
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
10
The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
Hardcover
in English
- 1st American edition (1)
0670825379 9780670825370
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
11 |
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Work Description
The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published September 26, 1988 and inspired in part by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. The title refers to the satanic verses, a group of Quranic verses that refer to three pagan Meccan goddesses: Allāt, Uzza, and Manāt. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" was based on accounts from the historians al-Waqidi and al-Tabari.
In the United Kingdom, The Satanic Verses received positive reviews, was a 1988 Booker Prize finalist (losing to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda) and won the 1988 Whitbread Award for novel of the year.
Excerpts
first sentence
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created April 30, 2008
- 11 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
March 16, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
May 10, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Edited without comment. |
May 10, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Edited without comment. |
May 10, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Edited without comment. |
April 30, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |