Rushdie, Salman
Author Biography & Works
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His novels are typically set on the Indian subcontinent, feature an Indian protagonist, and/or portray Indian familial relationships. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie
Books by Rushdie, Salman
Victory City
Pampa Kampana, a 247-year-old demi-god, chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and occasionally ruled.
The Satanic Verses
A controversial and compelling book about a world where mayhem and magic coexist and where the imagined and the actual merge.
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