The Satanic Verses (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Salman Rushdie
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Late twentieth and early seventh centuries
- Setting: India, London, Jahilia
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Twentieth century, Islam, Religion, Asia or Asians, England or English people, Muslims, India or East Indian people, London, Terrorism or terrorists
- Locales: London, England, Bombay, India, Jahilia (mythic)
Characters Discussed
Gibreel Farishta (GEE-bree- EHL fah-REESH-tah), a forty-year-old actor, formerly named Ismail Najruddin. Poor and orphaned, Farishta escapes his poverty and becomes India’s most significant film star. When an Air India jumbo jet is sabotaged over the English Channel by Sikh terrorists, Farishta is one of two survivors. Rescued from the sea, he dresses in the clothes of his host, Rosa Diamond’s late husband. The authorities permit him to go free. He falls into an affair with Alleluia Cone (née Cohen), who scaled Mount Everest and whom he had met...
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