Rushdie, Salman

The satanic verses by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
132 editions published between 1977 and 2013 in 15 languages and held by 5,813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A hijacked jumbo jet blows apart high above the English Channel. Two figures, Gibreel and Saladin, are washed up on an English beach. Soon curious changes occur -Gibreel seems to have acquired a halo, while Saladin grows hooves and bumps at his temples

Midnight's children : [a novel] by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
254 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in 20 languages and held by 5,681 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Saleem Sinal, born precisely at midnight, August 15, 1947, the moment India became independent. Saleem's life parallels the history of his nation

The Moor's last sigh by Salman Rushdie ( )
99 editions published between 1993 and 2013 in 17 languages and held by 3,888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Moor evokes his family's often grotesque but compulsively moving fortunes and the lost world of possibilities embodied by India in this century. His is a tale of premature deaths and family rifts, of thwarted loves and mad passions, of secrecy and greed, of power and money, and of the even more morally dubious seductions and mysteries of art

Shalimar the Clown : a novel by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
51 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 3,176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Los Angeles, 1991. Ambassador Maximilian Ophuls, one of the makers of the modern world, is murdered in broad daylight on his illegitimate daughter India's doorstep, slaughtered by a knife wielded by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown. The dead man is a charismatic World War Two Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability, a former US ambassador to India and subsequently America's counter-terrorism chief. The murder looks at first like a political assassination, but turns out to be passionately personal

Fury : a novel by Salman Rushdie ( )
31 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Malik Solanka, a middle-aged ex-philosophy professor and millionaire creator of a hugely popular doll, seeks refuge from his unwanted fame and disintegrating marriage in New York City

Shame by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
48 editions published between 1983 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,452 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Salman Rushdie combines history, myth, language, politics and religion in 'Shame'

East, west : stories by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
53 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in 14 languages and held by 2,404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of nine stories. In At the Auction of the Rubby Slippers, the author reflects on the role of auctioneers in establishing "the value of our pasts, of our future, of our lives," while an allegory on the immigrant experience is entitled Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate Their Relationship

Luka and the fire of life : a novel by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
35 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 2,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Young Luka travels to the Magic World to steal the Fire of Life needed to bring his storytelling father out of a deep trance

Imaginary homelands : essays and criticism, 1981-1991 by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
25 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in English and held by 1,903 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Seventy-five essays cover a decade in Rushdie's life, on such topics as literature, politics, prejudice, imagination, and free expression, as well as the events that forced him into seclusion

Step across this line : collected nonfiction 1992-2002 by Salman Rushdie ( Book )
12 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 1,680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of the author's nonfiction pieces addresses such topics as his fascination with "The Wizard of Oz," the 2000 presidential election, the Muslim faith, life under a fatwa, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001