An edition of The Satanic Verses (1988)

Les Versets sataniques

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An edition of The Satanic Verses (1988)

Les Versets sataniques

  • 3.6 (24 ratings) ·
  • 505 Want to read
  • 29 Currently reading
  • 40 Have read

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.

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Plon, PLON
Language
French
Pages
588

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Cover of: De duivelsverzen
De duivelsverzen
2010-06, Pandora
Paperback in Dutch - Vierentwintigste druk
Cover of: Les Versets sataniques
Les Versets sataniques
1999 January 13, Plon, PLON
Paperback in French
Cover of: Los Versos Satanicos
Los Versos Satanicos
1997 December, Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Les Versets sataniques
Les Versets sataniques
1990-06, France Loisirs
Hardcover in French - Edition du Club France Loisirs
Cover of: Les versets sataniques
Les versets sataniques
1989, C. Bourgois
in French
Cover of: The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
Paperback in English
Cover of: Die Satanischen Verse
Die Satanischen Verse
1989, Artikel 19
Hardcover in German
Cover of: The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
Hardcover in English - 1st American edition (1)
Cover of: The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
Hardcover in English and English - BOMC
Cover of: The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses
1989, Viking
Hardcover in English - BOMC
Cover of: Die Satanischen Verse
Die Satanischen Verse
1989, Artikel 19
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The Satanic Verses

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
588
Dimensions
8.7 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
Weight
1.7 pounds

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OL8888901M
ISBN 10
2259186661
ISBN 13
9782259186667
OCLC/WorldCat
859057394
amazon.co.uk_asin
2259186661
amazon.de_asin
2259186661
amazon.ca_asin
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Amazon ID (ASIN)
2259186661
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12601
Goodreads
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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.

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"To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die."
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