Nov 18, 2008

The Satanic Verses | The Satanic Verses

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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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The Satanic Verses | The Satanic Verses

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