{"product_id":"the-satanic-verses-isbn-9780670825370","title":"The Satanic Verses","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003e“[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.”—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003eis a key work of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003eThe Satanic VersesI. The Angel Gibreel\u003cbr\u003eII. Mahound\u003cbr\u003eIII. Ellowen Deeowen\u003cbr\u003eIV. Ayesha\u003cbr\u003eV. A City Visible but Unseen\u003cbr\u003eVI. Return to Jahilia\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Angel Azraeel\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Parting of the Arabian Sea\u003cbr\u003eIX. A Wonderful Lamp\"Salman Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"...a surreal hallucinatory feast.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"...a splendid feast.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003e-- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[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.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Times (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"In pure aesthetic terms, “The Satanic Verses” is a delight: funny, broadly erudite and wrenchingly gorgeous. And as a matter of politics and religion, this novel embodies the unique ideological power of art: to push beyond what’s possible, to say what would be too costly for actors in another arena to speak aloud, to expand the audience’s sense of what the world can be.\" \u003cb\u003e-- Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of fourteen previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eMidnight’s Children\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), \u003ci\u003eShame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQuichotte,\u003c\/i\u003e all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eEast, West;\u003c\/i\u003e a memoir, \u003ci\u003eJoseph Anton;\u003c\/i\u003e a work of reportage, \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar Smile;\u003c\/i\u003e and three collections of essays, most recently \u003ci\u003eLanguages of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e. His many awards include the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel, which he won twice; the PEN\/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award; the National Arts Award; the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; the European Union’s Aristeion Prize for Literature; the Budapest Grand Prize for Literature; and the Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. He is a former president of PEN America. His books have been translated into over forty languages.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302610063589,"sku":"NP9780670825370","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780670825370.jpg?v=1767741337","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-satanic-verses-isbn-9780670825370","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}