Shame: A Novel - Softcover

Rushdie, Salman; Rudhdie, Salman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312270933 ISBN 13: 9780312270933

Publisher: Picador USA, 2000

Synopsis

Winner of the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger

In his brilliant third novel, first published in 1983, Salman Rushdie gives us a lively and colorful mixture of history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country "not quite Pakistan," the story centers around the family of two men—one a celebrated warrior, the other a debauched playboy—engaged in a protracted duel that is played out in the political landscape of their country.

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Review:

"There can seldom have been so robust and baroque an incarnation of the political novel as "Shame," It can be read as a fable, polemic or excoriation; as history or as fiction . . . This is the novel as myth and as satire."-- "Sunday Telegraph" (London)
""Shame" is and is not about Pakistan, that invented, imaginary country, 'a failure of the dreaming mind' . . . The theme is shame and shamelessness, both from the violence which is modern history. Revelation and obscurity, affairs of honor, blushings of all parts, the recession of erotic life, the open violence of public life, create the extraordinary Rushdie mood . . . Rushdie shows us with what fantasy our sort of history must now be written-- if, that is, we are to penetrate it, and perhaps even save it."-- Malcolm Bradbury, "The Guardian" (London)
""Shame" is every bit as good as "Midnight's Children," It is a pitch-black comedy of public life and historical imperatives."-- "The Times "(London)
""Shame "should consolidate his position as one of the finest young writers around. This novel of crossed family destinies in contemporary Pakistan teems with interesting characters, dramatic events, and marvellous verbal inventions. Like its predecessor, it recreates an exotic but thoroughly believable world that is a delight to experience . . . A wonderful book."-- Paul Stuewe," Quill and Quire"
"S"hame "can, I think, be best enjoyed if we see it not as a novel but as one of those unclassifiable works in which certain writers of the 18th century excelled-- Swift in "Gulliver's Travels, "Voltaire in "Candide," Sterne in "Tristram Shandy . . . "Salman Rushdie, it seems to me, is very much alatter-day member of their company . . . I found Mr. Rushdie's style a source of delight, a bright stream of words that lifted me happily."-- Robert Towers, "The New York Times Book Review "
" Shame is and is not about Pakistan, that invented, imaginary country... The theme is shame and shamelessness, born from the violence which is modern history. Revelation and obscurity, affairs of honour, blushings of all parts, the recession of erotic life, the open violence of public life, create the extraordinary Rushdie mood." -- Malcolm Bradbury, "The Guardian"
" A pitch black comedy of public life and historical imperatives." -- "The Times"

"Shame is and is not about Pakistan, that invented, imaginary country... The theme is shame and shamelessness, born from the violence which is modern history. Revelation and obscurity, affairs of honour, blushings of all parts, the recession of erotic life, the open violence of public life, create the extraordinary Rushdie mood." -- Malcolm Bradbury, "The Guardian"
"A pitch black comedy of public life and historical imperatives." -- "The Times"

Winner of the Prix Du Meilleur Livre Etranger
"Rushdie's novels pour by in a sparkling, voracious onrush...each paragraph luxurious and delicious."""The New Yorker
"There can seldom have been so robust and baroque an incarnation of the political novel as Shame. It can be read as a fable, polemic, or excoriation; as history or as fiction. . . . This is the novel as myth and as satire."""Sunday Telegraph
""Shame "is and is not about Pakistan, that invented, imaginary country, 'a failure of the dreaming mind.'... Rushdie shows us with what fantasy our sort of history must now be written--if, that is, we are to penetrate it, and perhaps even save it." The Guardian
"Swift in "Gulliver's Travels," Voltaire in "Candide," Sterne in "Tristram Shandy..."Rushdie, it seems to me, is very much a latter-day member of their company."" The New York Times Book Review
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"A pitch-black comedy of public life and historical imperatives."""The Times (UK)

WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ETRANGER
Rushdie s novels pour by in a sparkling, voracious onrush...each paragraph luxurious and delicious. " The New Yorker"
There can seldom have been so robust and baroque an incarnation of the political novel as "Shame." It can be read as a fable, polemic, or excoriation; as history or as fiction.... This is the novel as myth and as satire. " Sunday Telegraph "
"Shame "is and is not about Pakistan, that invented, imaginary country, a failure of the dreaming mind. ... Rushdie shows us with what fantasy our sort of history must now be written if, that is, we are to penetrate it, and perhaps even save it. "The Guardian
"
Swift in "Gulliver s Travels," Voltaire in "Candide," Sterne in "Tristram Shandy..."Rushdie, it seems to me, is very much a latter-day member of their company. " The New York Times Book Review
"
A pitch-black comedy of public life and historical imperatives. " The Times" (UK)"

WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ETRANGER
"Rushdie's novels pour by in a sparkling, voracious onrush...each paragraph luxurious and delicious." The New Yorker
"There can seldom have been so robust and baroque an incarnation of the political novel as Shame. It can be read as a fable, polemic, or excoriation; as history or as fiction.... This is the novel as myth and as satire." Sunday Telegraph
"Shame is and is not about Pakistan, that invented, imaginary country, 'a failure of the dreaming mind.'... Rushdie shows us with what fantasy our sort of history must now be written--if, that is, we are to penetrate it, and perhaps even save it." The Guardian

"Swift in Gulliver's Travels, Voltaire in Candide, Sterne in Tristram Shandy...Rushdie, it seems to me, is very much a latter-day member of their company." The New York Times Book Review

"A pitch-black comedy of public life and historical imperatives." The Times (UK)

Book Description:

A masterful combination of history, myth, art, language, politics and religion from this legendary writer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador USA
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312270933
• ISBN 13: 9780312270933
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 307