![]() ![]() As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. When they begin their fall - literally and metaphorically - they go through a process of transformation in which they become adversaries. The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdies fourth novel, first published Septemand inspired in part by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The novel's two main characters, Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha, are travelling in a jumbo jet which is blown up by terrorists over the English Channel. ![]() ![]() The discussion will close by considering the ethical issues Rushdie's novel raises.ĭespite its often misrepresented reputation, The Satanic Verses is a complex, ambitious and rewarding novel which explores questions of identity and belonging. In 1989, the year after Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, a novel that imagines a fictional version of the Prophet Muhammad, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a. The novel will be discussed here as a text: first its structure, characterisation and stylistic features, then the wide range of themes it discusses and its intertextual reaches. In the process, the novel itself attained the status of being talked about while it remained notoriously unread. I inform all zealous Muslims of the world that the author of the book entitled The Satanic Verses - which has been compiled, printed, and published in opposition to Islam, the Prophet, and the Qur'an - and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its contents, are sentenced to death.Ĭonsequently, Rushdie was forced to live in hiding for fear of assassination. ![]()
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