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Salman rushdie is the author of thirteen previous novels grimus, midnights children for which he won the booker prize and the best of the booker, shame, the satanic verses, haroun and. He has also published works of nonfiction, including the jaguar smile, imaginary homelands, the wizard of oz, and, as coeditor, the vintage book of short stories. Rushdies subsequent novels include shalimar the clown 2005, an examination of terrorism that was set primarily in the disputed kashmir region of the indian subcontinent, and the enchantress of florence 2008, based on a fictionalized account of the mughal emperor akbar. Shalimar the clown is a brilliant symphony with some bum notes. Publishers weekly if rushdie cannot make you see and smell and feel the loveliness of life in. Shalimar the clown is a 2005 novel by salman rushdie.
Aasif mandvi ambassador maximilian ophuls is murdered in broad daylight on his illegitimate daughter indias doorstep, slaughtered by a knife wielded by his kashmiri muslim driver, a mysterious figure who calls. Shalimar the clown is basically a story of two villages in disputed indian kashmir, one hindu and one muslim, and the lives of their people as first pastoral happiness, then bitter civil war, then terrorism and eyeforaneye retribution and bitter revenge devastate life as it was known. The status of salman rushdie as a writer has hardly waned. Random house for high school teachers catalog shalimar. In the imperial capital of the mughal empire, a traveler arrives at the court of emperor akbar. The book begins with the description of india ophuls, the illegitimate daughter of americas once ambassadormaximilan ophuls who gets strange nightmares which dont allow her to sleep in the company of anyone else. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and. Aasif mandvi ambassador maximilian ophuls is murdered in broad daylight on his illegitimate daughter indias doorstep, slaughtered by a. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 48 pages and is available in paperback format. In the 398 pages that comprise salman rushdies latest novel, shalimar the clown, he carries us spellbound from hinduism to nazism, krishna to allah, and kashmir to california. My friend, also a rushdie aficionado, finally convinced me to pick it up and blow the dust off the covers.
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