Description
A first edition, first printing of The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, published by Viking, London in 1988. A very good book free from inscriptions, toning and spotting to the text block and spotting to the prelims. In a similarly very good clipped wrapper with bumping to the spine tips, chipping to the knuckles of the front and rear flap folds, light shelf-wear to front and rear panels – a central crease to the spine,.
Published in 1988, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie’s magical-realist novel about migration, faith and divided identity. Indian actors Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha miraculously survive an exploding aircraft, subsequently assuming angelic and demonic forms. Their story unfolds alongside controversial dream sequences that reimagine episodes from early Islam. Celebrated for its linguistic invention and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the novel provoked international protests, bans and Ayatollah Khomeini’s notorious 1989 fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death.
