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| Title | : | Shame |
| Author | : | Salman Rushdie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 287 pages |
| Published | : | May 18th 1995 by Vintage (first published September 8th 1983) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Magical Realism. Literature |
Salman Rushdie
Paperback | Pages: 287 pages Rating: 3.82 | 10812 Users | 536 Reviews
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The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdie’s phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is “not quite Pakistan.” In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two men–one a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasure–Rushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and humiliation–“shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence.” Shame is an astonishing story that grows more timely by the day.
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| Original Title: | Shame |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (1983), Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1985) |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 10812 Users | 536 ReviewsEvaluation Based On Books Shame
Shame - a perfect tool of mass control for those who are shameless enough to use it! Oh, for those of you who are not familiar with Salman Rushdies storytelling skills: even his characters suffer from confusion and dizziness while he is working on them. Somewhat nauseous after the ride, I try to put two sentences together that make sense of the extraordinary reading experience I just had. It is hard, though, for more happens in a subclause in Rushdies universe than other people manage to putI have not read this for many years, but remember Rushdie's irreverent and fearless satire telling the history of Pakistan being a very entertaining read.
This was Rushdie's third novel which was an interesting story about violence and shame that brought me in contact for the first time with concepts of Sufism and the poetry of Omar Khayyam. It was as always well-written and easy to read and shows Rushdie's powers of narration growing in power and confidence.
If I have one advice for those who plan to read Shame it will be: take notes on who is who, write down names of characters and how they relate to each other, or you will be lost like I did! It reminded me a lot of A Hundred Years of Solitude, where I had the Buendia's family tree with me all the time when I was reading the book, so I could keep track. With Shame, there is the same confusion, the characters' stories intermingle, some are similar and the constant flashforwards and flashbacks won't
A wonderful book! I can see why so many people like Salman Rushdie. (I can also see why religious types may become offended.)Mr. Rushdie has a wonderful style. He really makes you feel like you are in Pakistan. That women and men there are really like this. His descriptions of the machinations of government and the women behind the men is absorbing. In many ways, he reminds me of the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Can't wait to read my next Rushdie novel!
The controversy surrounding the reign and relationship of late Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his Commander-In-Chief at the time, Zia-Ul Haq has captured the imagination of the world for a long long time. I had heard vague stories about this conflict as a boy but had never really understood what had ensued before and after the successful coup that Zia undertook, overthrowing Bhutto and becoming the President of Pakistan himself. This was one of the primary points of
"It was once explained to me by one of the world's Greatest Living Poets we mere prose scribblers must turn to poets for wisdom, which is why this book is littered with them.""The epicure against the puritan is, the book tells us, the true dialectic of history. Forget left-right,capitalism-socialism,black-white. Virtue versus vice, ascetic versus bawd, in the Fifteenth Century ?God against the Devil: that's the game."I Loved Loved Loved it till infinity. Soon I'll give a re-reading to it again.
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