The Satanic Verses (Signed)

RUSHDIE, Salman

ISBN 10: 0670825379 / ISBN 13: 9780670825370

Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1989

Early printing. Hardcover. 546 pages. One of the more controversial books of the last fifty years. As a result of publishing this book, Rushdie was subjected to a fatwa, an order for his assassination, by the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some toning to the pages and some other minor wear and in a very good plus dust jacket with some minor wear and a tiny stain to the verso. Signed by Rushdie on the title page in a early legible hand. Seller Inventory # 212030

Synopsis:

When a jumbo jet blows apart above the English Channel, Gabreel and Saladin are two who survive and are washed up on an English beach. However, it soon becomes clear that curious changes have come over them and that they have been chosen as protagonists in the eternal struggle between God and the Devil. Salman Rushdie is the author of "Midnight's Children", winner of the 1981 Booker Prize, and "Shame".

About the Author: Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen previous novels, including Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), Shame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, and Quichotte, all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; a collection of stories, East, West; a memoir, Joseph Anton; a work of reportage, The Jaguar Smile; and three collections of essays, most recently Languages of Truth. His many awards include the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel, which he won twice; the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award; the National Arts Award; the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; the European Union’s Aristeion Prize for Literature; the Budapest Grand Prize for Literature; and the Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. He is a former president of PEN America. His books have been translated into over forty languages.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Satanic Verses (Signed)
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)