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Summary: Sorry as there is no less than one star
Review: I was really astonished by its vague ideas and poor construction. really I could not understand its great fame. I am sorry for the time and money wasted for this story.
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Summary: Playing with words.
Review: I found this book difficult to follow. I know I wasn't getting all the references to religion. I'm not very well versed in the area. Overall I wasn't able to understand what was going on, but individual scenes made sense. What I like most about this book was his use of language and the bizarre flow of the book. I had to read aloud for the first half of the book until my brain could cope with the style. As far as content, no wonder muslims wanted to kill him. But, he takes pock shots at every other religion too. I guess muslims don't have a sense of humor, or can't take a joke.
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Summary: Captivating reading
Review: This book is immensely powerful and captivating. Knowledge of Islam and India definitely helped me in understanding Rushdie's caustic and imaginative portrayal of Islam, and also the struggles felt by his characters as they are transformed over the length of the book. After I finished reading, I felt a bit empty, because I wasn't quite sure what had transpired over the length of the story, which didn't seem to have logical closure, but it was still quite an experience. I preferred "The Moor's Last Sigh", though.
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Summary: Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" is a mind teaser.
Review: I have read and re-read Rushdie's book. That was about 7 years ago and, I still can quote verbatim portions of it. If you read it in the 'thriller' sense you will not be thrilled, for "The Satanic Verses" is a serious book and deep in intellectual escapism. I don't think it offers any answers nor pretends to, but somehow leaves you gaping at our notions of the sacred and the profane. Is one more deserving than the other? And if they run in the same river how do we as mortals justify the conflict between immortal good and damned evil. How much have we contributed and still do contribute to this conflict by our prejudice. Rushdie really has made an inverted Faustian deal and will go down well as a master of elucidation and deception. I need a hard cover for my library. Please let me know when this becomes available.
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Summary: Worthless
Review: This is the most worthless book I have read. I fail to understand why Rushdie's work always makes big news. This book in particular is extremely diifcult to understand and in most part very dull in narration. Rushdie has used extensive hindi/urdu language to make reading as complex as possible. Has literature come to a point where books get high rating because of the name of the author associated with it? This book has no more to offer except Rushdie's credentials. You will be better not wasting your time on this garbage!
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Summary: What kind of idea are you?
Review: From poetic attack upon the faith of Islam to words with meaning steeped in thought, Salman Rushdie presents a masterpiece neither equaled nor surpassed by any other literary work, modern or classical. If only my way with words could even be one thousandth that of Rushdie's I would feel more than satisfied in my petty and pathetic attempts at wrestling with the peculiarities of and subtleties of the English language. I am not. I am nothing in comparison. The understanding one can obtain through careful perusal and the unavoidable intellectual analysis of The Satanic Verses, from elements of psycho-sociological theory and explication to simple good and evil, cannot be attained through any other work. Period. This is my first rereading of The Satanic Verses since the repeal of Rushdie's death sentence by the Ayatollah, however there still remains a much higher private party unfulfilled contract out on his precious head. I hope you can find this book as enjoyable and meaningful as so many others have. Absolutely a steal at 14$, get the hardcover if only for its feel and durability, this is a book you will give to your kids when they need a higher guidance, a new life. Here is an excerpt from The Satanic Verses, a poem from the mouth of Baal, in the city of Jahilia. Remember that there is one God in the messenger's religion, one one one. The messenger and his followers ran away from Jahilia, their religion is 'Submission', Islam. Etc. : // What kind of idea/ does 'Submission' seem today?/ One full of fear./ An idea that runs away./
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Summary: Totally the funniest book I have read and reread
Review: There are few authors with as keen a sense of humor as Rushdie. Re-reading it ten years later, the book is as pointed and understanding as when it was written. The story of an devil who looks like an angel and an angel with devilish features somehow seems as good a metaphor for this book's troubles as any. It helps to know a bit about India and Islam, but even without prior knowledge, Rushdie takes his readers on a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride through British Asian culture
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Summary: The Worst Book I've Ever Read ...
Review: The Worst Book I've Ever Read ... and I've read a lot of books. I've said more in a 40 word article than anything written in one paragraph of this book. The hype about the author writing the book and his being on the receiving end of a personal jihad make a better plot and captivate my interest more than the plotline of this book. My deepest regret is that I couldn't rate this book with negative stars.
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Summary: A wonderful stream of images
Review: This novel is a collection of very original, imaginative and striking vignettes that are always intriguing and often fascinating. They do add up to a narrative, but that is in a sense secondary. The result is a sprawling work that seems to be trying to cover too much ground and to say too many different things, but that is redeemed by the sheer inventiveness of the various images that make it up. Some of them are unforgettable (for instance, the prophet's scribe losing his faith, or the pilgrims who are miraculously followed by a cloud of butterflies, yet who wait in vain for the sea to open before them). One recurrent theme haunted me most of all: the sense of dread of the skeptic before the fearsome possibility of a miracle. The novel also makes many interesting points about cultural assimilation, family relationships, celebrity, and the place of traditional religion in the modern technological world, to mention a few.I recommend it, and the book is not nearly as difficult as the first pages suggest. There are various treads, many of which combine realism with fantasy, but they are perfectly intelligible, and the plot they add up to is a little bizarre but entirely well-defined. There are many jokes at the expense of Islam, so some devout Muslims might be put off, but I am sure no one needs me to point that out...
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Summary: The Worst Book I've Ever Read ...
Review: ... and I've read a lot of books. I've said more in a 40 word article than anything written in one paragraph of this book. The hype about the author writing the book and his being on the receiving end of a personal jihad make a better plot and captivate my interest more than the plotline of this book. My deepest regret is that I couldn't rate this book with negative stars.
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