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A review by anteus7
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
5.0
A difficult text, this. The writing is not the hard part for me--rather, keeping track of the shifting characters, who they are, where they are, what they are...that was the hard part. I loved the opening and the heavy-handed symbolism. Then everything went a blurry shade of magical realism (magical unrealism?).
I picked this up because I'd never read it and wanted to try to understand what prompted the attack on the author a couple of months ago. I don't think I ever will understand that kind of anger and hatred though.
I picked this up because I'd never read it and wanted to try to understand what prompted the attack on the author a couple of months ago. I don't think I ever will understand that kind of anger and hatred though.