Ecco la classifica dei migliori prodotti della categoria Libro Di Salman Rushdie:
Midnight's Children: A BBC Between the Covers Big Jubilee Read Pick: si tratta del più acquistato, ha ottenuto una recensione media di 4,3 con 2419 recensioni
The Satanic Verses (English Edition): medaglia d’argento per questo prodotto, la recensione media è di 4,2 con 1300 recensioni
I figli della mezzanotte: terza posizione per questo prodotto, con una recensione media da parte degli utenti di 4,2 con 73 recensioni
Midnight’s Children: A BBC Between the Covers Big Jubilee Read Pick
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Interesting historical picture of India
The theme is interesting but more interesting was the historical picture of India. I could almost taste the flavor of chutney !
Unpredictable book about different topics
To say I've devoured this book would be a lie, so I'll just state the truth. It took me two weeks to finish it, and this is all due to the enormity, the greatness, the ever expanding world of this book. There are longer books in literature, yes, but this book, in its almost 650 pages, manages to give several points of discussions about a different variety of topics. The story, which starts from the end like most magic realist books, is meant to be the autobiography of Saleem Sinai. Saleem tells us who he is, as every respectable biography does, and he says that his birthday is important because he was born on August 15th, 1947, on the stroke of midnight, right when India gained its Independence from the British rule. Now he's about to turn 31, but the clock is ticking, and he needs to tell his story before he forgets and it is lost forever. In a meta-narration where Saleem, our narrator, tells us about the past but also comments in the present about what happened in a precise moment, we are thrown back into pre-Independence India as Saleem starts the story by recounting his grandfather's Aadam Aziz story of how he met his grandma, in 1915, Kashmir. The place is not casual at all, because Kashmir will be one of the most reclaimed territories by both India and Pakistan after the Partition, and it's not casual everything started there, in that paradise. It's not a coincidence the grandfather is called "Aadam". It all starts from a perforated sheet where Aadam sees bits of his future wife Naseem. The perforated sheet, as well as the theme of holes in general, is recurring in this book, and greatly connects the beginning and the end that you can't fail to see the parallels, the mirrors. In this story, nothing is casual, especially the fact that Saleem was born on midnight. He, and the other children born at midnight of the same day, possessed great powers. But there are secrets behind Saleem's birth, secrets that will make or break relationships, obsessions, love and hatred. You know what they say, the more powerful you are, the more feared you will be. I wish I could say more than this, but I don't want to spoil anything to you, because this book really manages to shock you until the very end. The writing is flowing, fresh, you never get annoyed because you want to know how did that happen, what will be of this or that character. The story may seem all over the place because Saleem starts retracing his origins back to his grandfather, but it isn't at all. It is a story full of history, hybridity, identity, religion, politics... it is a world in its own right, with tragic moments made less sad by the grotesque, by the irony and the sarcasm Rushdie is able to deliver majestically. It isn't just Saleem's story, it is a story of a country divided, partitioned. A country that is looking for a mother, for a father, someone to guide them, to mend the cracks. But Saleem knows that it's impossible, because there are cracks - like the one in the perforated sheet - that you can't mend, that you won't be able to mend, especially if your fate is doomed. Rushdie is a British author but he is also Indian, which mean this novel also deals with the problem of hybridity, because Saleem also moves to different places in his life. I could say more but I think you should read for yourself the waste number of topics that this book discusses, because they can't be narrowed down. I think lovers of magic realism but also fantasy will like this book.
Indimenticabile
A mio parere un capolavoro, ottimo libro che tratta molto bene la storia della nascita dell'India contemporanea. Genere realismo magico.
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The Satanic Verses (English Edition)
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Worth reading if you are willing to make the effort
Some 30 years after its publication, I picked up this book (second hand) to see what all of the fuss had been about in the pre-ISIS days of the Ayatollah Khomeini who had replaced the Sha of Iran (Persia). Before reading this huge rambling (but often amusing) 540+ pages; a difficult book. Do read the Wikipedia page on the Rushdie Fatwa resulting from this book and explanations of its origins. There was, as of 2016, still severe controversy relating to the author and the Muslim allusions in (and interpretations of) his story. It will also help to have an understanding of Indian cultural (and food) terms, the culture in Mumbai in the 1980’s and some of the historical friction between Christians and Muslims. The book is still banned in many countries with a significant Muslim population. To the average Western reader this may be seen as a simple (?) comical tale of the amazing survival of two Indian actors, blown out of the skies by a fanatical suicide bomber, then their experiences and escapades in England, supplemented by flashbacks to their historical development in India and subsequent interaction of Asians with UK culture at the time of the Thatcherite years (significant institutional racism and even racial violence). One survivor takes on the attributes of the angel Gabriel, the other the devil Saladin and we follow their escapades, lives and loves and their reversion to more human form. The story is constantly interwoven with actual and imagined historical events. Is it religiously offensive? Possibly to those of a strict Muslim upbringing and their religious leaders interpreting what is said alongside the Quran. I am sure than many decried the book without ever reading it – as happened with many other books/ films which attracted notoriety. Compared to the non-event Christian fuss over Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian”, there is a certain fantasy section relating to certain reported history of the prophet which could certainly be interpreted negatively by those of a strongly Muslim religious view (You need to read beyond 300+ pages to come to this section) – see also the Wikipedia review mentioned above. Is it worth reading? If the above does not put you off but intrigues you get hold of a library copy and see!
Libro culto un po’ complesso nella versione inglese
Libro bellissimo un po’ complesso da leggere in inglese se non di madre lingua !
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I figli della mezzanotte
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Bel libro
Buona versione kindle, libro molto di intrattenimento. Successivamente ho regalato il cartaceo!
il figlio dell'India
storia dell'India a partire dall'indipendenza fino agli scontri e alle separazioni successive, molti eventi storici vengono letti alla luce del presupposto che l'India in sè abbia il germe della grandezza ma che questa venga ancora oggi sacrificata agli interessi dei suoi governanti e al fanatismo religioso...i bambini della mezzanotte faranno tutti la stessa fine dell'India odierna: saranno sterilizzati e resi innocui dalle forze che governano il paese e che temono il potere del suo popolo..
Bel libro
Davvero un gran bel libro, non mi stupisce che abbia vinto diversi premi. Lo stile dell'autore tende a essere un po' tortuoso ma è assolutamente affascinante all'interno del romanzo. La trama è una bomba. Ma non vi spoilero nulla. Vi consiglio caldamente questa piccola meraviglia.
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