{"product_id":"the-satanic-verses-9780812976717","title":"The Satanic Verses","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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 (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812976717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.52w x 1.25d","brand":"Salman Rushdie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644438212764,"sku":"9780812976717","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8f7bac83-6d70-4441-aaa6-885910d7dce0.jpg?v=1603858632","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-satanic-verses-9780812976717","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}