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Summary: Do you like watching a great actor star in a "B" movie?
Review: Fury doesn't stack up to Rushdie's other novels. It's good and all, but like a "B" movie with a great actor in it, Fury disappoints. Rushdie's climactic image of the three women in Malik Solanka's life standing over his bed and stirring up a firestorm of accusation and betrayal is sort of intriguing. But it's also highly contrived, kind of like the sci-fi novella within the story, and the escape to terror island ending. Fans of mythology, the muse, the three furies, etc. will enjoy his modern take on the Gods. If you're one of those, have at it. Also, if you are into web-based interactive games, this book will be fun for you. It kind of reminds me of the movie, Existenz. Or, if you are short on reasons for not liking America, Fury could help you out with that too. The book is kind of depressing. Most people would be better off reading one of his other works, which rock, and which truly deserve the attention it takes to read Rushdie.
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Summary: Disposable Humanity
Review: This book could easily be called Disposable Humanity, since this is what Rushdie writes about in this book. Instead, it's called Fury, and it's a well titled book. It's well titled because it encompasses the fury of our intense lifestyle which creates disposable humanity as a byproduct. People come, they go. They live, they die. All of this is no big deal to the characters here. They move on. Life is dispensable. Humanity is disposable. Fury is what I would call a modern day mythology about this disposable humanity, which the book cover so accurately describes as life's Tragicomedy. The Tragicomedy of our Disposable Humanity. It has a sort of New York ring to it. Truly a brilliant and probably sad concept in this day and age. I get the impression from some of the reviews here that people don't see this as a mythological piece. Conversely, this is precisely what I get out of it, especially the tempting and alluring Neela. The symbolism of her beauty in this forlorn & furious world we live in is rare. She epitomizes the myth in our Fury, deep in our imaginations. Rushdie is a very aware writer who combines elements of the intellectual with pop culture in a unique and believable way. I have not read other Rushdie works (other than Haroun), so I cannot say for certain. But this appears to be a new approach in his writing. While it is an interesting read, I'm not certain it comes out the way he intended it; but only slightly. The trio of women meeting in the bedroom is forced and lacking grace. Still, I take this as part of the myth. I allow Rushdie the license to create the point and attempt to feel the tangible fury which resonates between the three. Even granting that, there is something wrong in the scene. Perhaps it was enough time to let the scene develop in Rushdie's mind. Then again, time is something we lack in this furious world. A victim of his own creation's reality? I do not appreciate the ending as much as some people. In fact, I found it troubling. Our main character is nothing in and of himself. Rushdie almost throws this book in the face of the adage that you can't be happy with others unless you are happy with yourself. Rushdie is suggesting, to me, that you shouldn't try to be happy with yourself first, but you should try to fill the void with something else. Yet he also suggests that the void creates this fury. Despite this, I do like the book. I think it lacks a poignant ending. But that doesn't make it a bad book as some claim. I think it's an excellent work which has a few snags. Since I am not well versed in Rushdie, I'm not going to make a comment about whether you should read it or not. I would follow others who suggest reading another of his works before this one. I did not do that, yet do not feel I lost anything because of it. In fact, without previous works to contrast with this, I think this is great. Even if it does have a few glitches, I recommend it.
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Summary: A Great Rushdie Introduction
Review: "Fury" was my first encounter of a Salman Rushdie novel, and I was very impressed. This my friends, is great contemporary literature!
The novel is a multi leveled incursion into the life of a middle aged creative soul who is tormented by his past, trying to find salvation in the complex post modern world. You are put on a journey of exploring human relationships in and out of marriage, in and out of friendships and in and out of reality.
The story unfolds more like a web site than a traditional chronological history in written form. The reader is transported with the main character, Malik Solanka, throughout different parts of his life in the same manner as hitting links on a web page but always coming back to the home page of his present life.
On these web pages structured as literature, you will find mystery, science fiction, love, politics, social commentary, anguish, murder, sexual tension and many surprises, all in the quest of finding the authentic Self.
I also enjoyed the play and examination of the modern American (Western) culture, its hold on materialism and the quest for fame and power all the while being juxtaposed against the backdrop of traditional (Eastern) culture in India.
For me, "Fury" was a great introduction to Salman Rushdie and I look forward to stepping into the lives of his earlier works to again find his magic with the written word.
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Summary: Furious
Review: I have never critiqued a book on Amazon. However, I am so sorely dissappointed by Rushdies latest book, Fury, that I feel obligated to warn Rushdie fans to avoid this book at all costs. If you have respect for his previous works, like I have, than this book will definitely wreck your image of a genious writer with the gift of magical realism. However, if you are interested in hearing an intellectual writer snobbishly gloat for nearly 250 pages about his life then buy it. I have my reservations about American Society as well as he does - but geez to dwell on it for so many pages and then 'cut and paste' people magazine into the novel makes me wonder if he secretely loves to hate the country he loves. To top it all off, this is the most amatuer plot I have read - since I've reread my own writing when I used to think I could write. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: A Book About Nothing and Everything
Review: This novel was more a mesh-mash than anything else. Though it's focused on the life and times of Malik Solanka the main character and reading this novel I identified closely with Malik who leaves his wife and child for New York City to well...lose himself and deal with his "fury". A form of anger that only the person feeling it can understand. It's like your own personal anger and it's understandable that only you can understand it as it pertains to your personal experiences. Well, Malik seems to play a passive observer to the general absurdity of human society which in part infuriates him at the same time this anger keeps him on the sideline. The other characters don't seem to be fully developed the seem more like personas than actual people but now I am just being picky. This novel carried on more like a Woody Allen film but infinitely more interesting.
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Summary: Disappointed by my favorite author
Review: I have read most of Rushdie's books. This one, to me, was the worst. I give it two stars because there are some parts that are funny and (very) occasionally there is some insight into American culture. But the book felt mostly as if he was execersing his vocabulary, lacking any depth whatsoever.
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Summary: pop culture at its worst
Review: There is bubble gum music and then there is Fury. I loved Midnights Children and expect the same kind of magic with words but I should confidently say, do not waste your time and money on this one.
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Summary: Don't Judge a Book by it's Author???
Review: First (for me at last) came John Irving's Fourth Hand and now this. What's the story with these sub-par performances from excellent authors? Why did both of these authors suddenly put out short (relative to their other work) books? And with confused, unfocused plots? Pressure from the publishers? Hidden revenge on us - the readers?
It's almost a personal insult. Like a blow from a friend. But let's face it, we'll still buy their next books and hope not to feel betrayed once again.
So who is the Dollmaker of New York. Who are the Lilliputans and Indian laborers?
The best passage is the description of the multiple meanings of the six high Kronian values. (Though the book itself seems limited to Quickness and Visibility)
Better luck to us all next time.
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Summary: Never again
Review: I read Satanic Verses because of all the hype and controversy. I hated it. I decided to give Rushdie another try and picked up 'Fury'. Being that the book is relatively short, I thought I could breeze through it in a matter of a few days. Wrong! After 75 agonizing pages, I put the book down and now use it as a coffee cup coaster. Rushdie is an ego-maniacal fraud with extremely limited talent as a writer. If not for the death sentence by the Ayatollah Khomaini, then Rushdie would just be another no name writer in England. After this debacle, I'll never read another of his novels again.
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Summary: One star for audacity
Review: Apparently, Rushdie's fame has given him the audacity to write such bombastic and boring drivel as this.
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