Wstyd by Salman Rushdie
A darkly comic, allegorical novel set in a fictional South Asian state, following the intertwining fates of two influential families as coups, corruption and personal vendettas transform private humiliations into public violence. Blending political satire with myth and grotesque elements, it explores how shame, gendered dishonor and suppressed histories become forces that shape identity and drive a nation toward chaos, embodied in a disturbing figure whose breakdown mirrors the country's moral disintegration.
- Published
- 1983
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 320-400 pages
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Shame
- Wstyd
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