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kristinbutler 's review for:
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
One of the most challenging books I've read. Intellectual and literary challenges to be sure, but for the most part, I experienced an immense cultural humility reading this book. To best appreciate every nuance of this book, I would have had to have lived or extensively travelled to both India and the West End of London, read both the Koran and the Vedas, have a greater understanding of Bollywood and studied the history of Islam.
That being said, the sheer artistry of Rushdie's storytelling of parallel worlds, multiple layers, magical and real dimensions, is amazing.
And last night, after finishing the book, I dreamt of a drought. And a flood. And leading a movement of human consciousness while enveloped in butterflies, while others trailed behind me in their station wagons of skepticism.
And for that, I rate this book amazing.
That being said, the sheer artistry of Rushdie's storytelling of parallel worlds, multiple layers, magical and real dimensions, is amazing.
And last night, after finishing the book, I dreamt of a drought. And a flood. And leading a movement of human consciousness while enveloped in butterflies, while others trailed behind me in their station wagons of skepticism.
And for that, I rate this book amazing.