{"product_id":"the-satanic-versesbooks","title":"The Satanic Verses","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRushdie's fifth and best-known novel, as relevant as ever\u003cb\u003e—t\u003c\/b\u003ehe metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations of two men after their plane explodes in a hijacking over the English Channel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fuelled by the author's roaring prose and negotiated via his own culturally divided self, the novel is a comedic wonder, at once silly and serious, generous and provocative. . . . One of the essential novels of the last century.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Rushdie, Salman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43754788520160,"sku":"","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_99d4d40d-6ff4-4c32-acec-c4106f23b7ac.jpg?v=1671734770","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-satanic-versesbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}