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RUSHDIE, Salman

The Satanic Verses

The Satanic Verses

London: Viking, [1988]

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Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

London: Viking, [1988]. First Edition, 7th Print.

The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel of British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. The title refers to the Satanic Verses, a group of Quranic verses about three pagan Meccan goddesses: Allāt, Al-Uzza, and Manāt. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" was based on accounts from the historians al-Waqidi and al-Tabari.

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A first edition, 7th impression of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. Boards and spine clean and unmarked, with minimal bumping to one corner, and tail and head of spine. Light tanning to extremities. Pages are tightly bound and internally, the book is immaculate with no inscriptions or marginalia, only a light, shallow mark left behind on the FFEP after a previous penciled inscription was erased. The original dust jacket is present, unclipped. Minimal chipping, peeling and creasing to extremities. Discoloured spine. A VG example.

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