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The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries - from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing th...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie“A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers . . . It does not resemble any other novel I could name.”—Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The HoursONE OF TH...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Beautiful editions of great books to last a lifetimeBorn at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1, 000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind ...

»Ein Weltereignis und episches Meisterwerk« Die Geschichte beginnt mit einem Knall: Ein von Terroristen entführtes Flugzeug wird über der englischen Küste gesprengt. Wie durch ein Wunder überleben zwei Insassen den Sturz zur Erde: Gibril, ein in ärmlichen Verhältnissen aufgewachsener Muslim, der es mit Starrollen in Bollywoodfilmen zum Frauenschwarm gebracht hat, und Saladin, der aus reichen Verhältnissen stammt und als Stimmenimitator arbe...

Der neue große Roman über Liebe, Macht und die Kraft des Erzählens von Booker-Preisträger Salman Rushdie Südindien im 14. Jahrhundert: Die neunjährige Waise Pampa Kampana wird von der Göttin Parvati auserkoren, ihre menschliche Hülle und ihr Sprachrohr in die Welt zu sein. Im Auftrag der Göttin erschafft Pampa aus einer Handvoll Samen eine Stadt: Bisnaga - Victory City, das Wunder der Welt. All ihr Handeln beruht auf der großen Aufgabe, die...

Salman Rushdie is the author of thirteen previous novels ¿ Grimus, Midnight¿s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor¿s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights, and The Golden House ¿ and one collection of short stor...

Gerade jetzt muss man Salman Rushdies Autobiografie lesen. Sie lehrt, dass man den Mob widerstehen muss." Welt am Sonntag Was bedeutet es für einen Schriftsteller, über neun Jahre lang mit einer Morddrohung zu leben? Wie fest hat die Verzweiflung sein Denken und Handeln im Griff? Zum ersten Mal erzählt Salman Rushdie seine beeindruckende Geschichte, es ist die Geschichte eines Kampfes: dem Kampf um die Meinungsfreiheit. Rushdie erzählt vom ...

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Yil 1991. Los Angeles. ABDnin eski Hindistan büyükelcisi ve karsi-terör uzmani Maximilian Ophuls, gayrimesru kizinin kapisinin önünde, kendine Soytari Salimar diyen Kesmirli soförü tarafindan güpegündüz öldürülür. Salman Rushdienin yeni romani Soytari Salimar, Max Ophuls, katili ve kizinin öyküsü. Ama bu üclü arasindaki gizemli baglantinin anahtari dördüncü bir karakterde, Kesmirli bir kadinda... Soytari Salimar, bildik bir ask ve intikam öykü...

The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries-from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman RushdieIn the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the d...

Newly collected, revised, and expanded nonfiction from the first two decades of the twenty-first century-including many texts never previously in print-by the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling authorLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssaySalman Rushdie is celebrated as "a master of perpetual storytelling" (The New Yorker), illuminating truths about our society and culture through his gorgeou...

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Iki yil, sekiz ay ve yirmi sekiz gece. Parmak hesabi yaptigimizda bin bir gece. Cagimizin en usta anlaticilarindan Salman Rushdie, Sehrazadin masallarindan aldigi motiflerle okurlarini bir masal alemine götürürken, aslinda günümüzün gerceklerini aktariyor. Yazarin babasi, Ibn Rüsde olan sevgisinden dolayi Rushdie soyadini almis, simdi de kendisi Ibn Rüsdü romanin baskahramanlarindan biri yaparak o saygiyi sürdürüyor. Kitapta acikca belirtilmes...

Yil 1991. Los Angeles. ABDnin eski Hindistan büyükelcisi ve karsi-terör uzmani Maximilian Ophuls, gayrimesru kizinin kapisinin önünde, kendine Soytari Salimar diyen Kesmirli soförü tarafindan güpegündüz öldürülür. Salman Rushdienin yeni romani Soytari Salimar, Max Ophuls, katili ve kizinin öyküsü. Ama bu üclü arasindaki gizemli baglantinin anahtari dördüncü bir karakterde, Kesmirli bir kadinda... Soytari Salimar, bildik bir ask ve intikam öykü...

*A SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK* From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language and culture Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, including several never previously in print, Languages of Truth chronicles a period of momentous cultural shifts. Across a wide variety of su...

»Salman Rushdie ist ein phantastischer Erzähler und einer der besten lebenden Essayisten.« Arno WidmannLeben und Schreiben, Wirklichkeit und Fantasie sind bei kaum einem Autor so eng, so schicksalhaft miteinander verknüpft wie bei Salman Rushdie. Ob in seinem Weltbestseller »Mitternachtskinder«, in seinem jüngsten, hochgelobten Roman »Quichotte« oder in den vielzähligen Essays, die er über die Jahre vorgelegt hat - in jeder Zeile steckt er sel...

Newly collected, revised, and expanded nonfiction--including many texts never previously in print--from the first two decades of the twenty-first century by the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author.Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating deep truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing, prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings togethe...

Newly collected, revised, and expanded nonfiction--including many texts never previously in print--from the first two decades of the twenty-first century by the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author.Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating deep truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing, prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings togethe...

Languages of Truth offers Salman Rushdie's most piercingly analytical views yet on the evolution of literature and culture even as he takes us deep into his own exuberant and fearless imaginationSalman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating deep truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing, prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings together insightful and inspir...

*A SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK*From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language and culture Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, including several never previously in print, Languages of Truth chronicles a period of momentous cultural shifts. Across a wide variety of sub...