The Satanic Verses (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Salman Rushdie
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The twentieth century and the distant past
- Setting: England, India, and imaginary historical settings
- Principal Characters: Gibreel Farishta, Saladin Chamcha, Mahound, Alleluia Cone, Ayesha
- 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)
While The Satanic Verses received only the customary mix of enthusiastic and tepid reviews after its British publication in 1988, the American issue in early 1989 created an international cause celebre. Some rumbles, it is true, had been heard earlier, when the book was banned in various Islamic countries, but in February of 1989 Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini of Iran sentenced Salman Rushdie to death for blasphemy and urged faithful Muslims to execute him. This announcement and its aftermath dominated news accounts the world over. Thus a novel, which few had read, and its author,...
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