Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British novelist and essayist (born 1947), best known for Midnight's Children (Booker Prize, 1981) and The Satanic Verses (1988). His work blends magical realism and historical fiction. Subject of a 1989 fatwa that led to years of threats and exile; knighted in 2007.
Books
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1. Faca
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2. I Versi Satanici
Two Indian expatriates survive a midair explosion and come back into a London where reality and dream blend: one becomes a celebrated film star haunted by angelic and demonic visions, the other drifts through life as an embattled immigrant confronting loss and identity. Interwoven with surreal dream-sequences that reimagine episodes from early Islamic history, the novel probes faith, exile, cultural belonging, and the power of storytelling through a mix of satire, magic realism, and political provocation.
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