Salman Rushdie: Les versets sataniques (French language, 1989, C. Bourgois)
584 páginas
Idioma French
Publicado el 24 de Febrero de 1989 por C. Bourgois.
La célébrité de ce livre vient de ce que son auteur a été condamné à mort par l'Ayatollah Komeiny (décédé peu après) pour crime de lèse-Mahomet. Mais comme le souligne J. P. Péroncel-Hugoz, l'islam n'est pas la seule cible de ce roman parodique et rocambolesque qui se déroule entre deux pôles: Bombay et Londres. L'Inde et l'immigration (essentiellement indienne à Londres) sont au coeur de cette fresque-dédale anglo-indo-pakistanaise "à l'écriture incandescente". Accès plutôt difficile. SDM
I read this a number of years ago. I didn't fully understand it at the time, but I've had a lot of time to digest it. It's a critique on Islam and not always favorable.
I listened to a fantastic old audio book version of The Satanic Verses. Somebody digitised it from a series of old cassette tapes and put it on the internet (thank you). I am not sure if it is the voice of Salman Rushdie himself, whoever it is, I would like to thank him so much for this brilliant work. 22 hours of listening pleasure during my walks to and from work.
I always thought that this was a very serious book. But for most parts it is hilarious. It is also long winding, and I must admit that at some parts I dozed off, simply enjoying the very pleasant sound of the narrator’s voice.
