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sarah_ls 's review for:
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
I had to give myself the whole night to think of how I was going to rate this. I really liked the book but I also found it confusing. Yes, I know it's magical realism and the confusion is normal ;)
And now, about that part where I describe the book? Yeah, I don't really know what happened in it. Two guys fall from a plane as it explodes from a terrorist bomb. They miraculously survive and over the course of the novel they take on the characteristics of an angel and devil. Or do they? I think they do. Or I did. And then I wondered. And then I thought so again. But...
The story is also about India, what it means to be Muslim in India, what it means to be Indian in England, and race relations in England. This last was difficult for me because all of the race relations issues are still things that are happening in our present day society but this book was published 30 years ago.
What ultimately decided me in favor of five stars is the fact that this is a book that will stick with me for a very long time. It's one that will make me ponder and cogitate over the years, and I think in the end it gives me added insight into what it's like to be someone other than a nearly 40 year old white American female.
And now, about that part where I describe the book? Yeah, I don't really know what happened in it. Two guys fall from a plane as it explodes from a terrorist bomb. They miraculously survive and over the course of the novel they take on the characteristics of an angel and devil. Or do they? I think they do. Or I did. And then I wondered. And then I thought so again. But...
The story is also about India, what it means to be Muslim in India, what it means to be Indian in England, and race relations in England. This last was difficult for me because all of the race relations issues are still things that are happening in our present day society but this book was published 30 years ago.
What ultimately decided me in favor of five stars is the fact that this is a book that will stick with me for a very long time. It's one that will make me ponder and cogitate over the years, and I think in the end it gives me added insight into what it's like to be someone other than a nearly 40 year old white American female.