Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses"

[Sherry Darling]

Anyone here read it? What'd you think? I just got my copy....

sd

 

[hippy]

Incredible book!

 

[deep]

i read 2/3s. i take it on trips. i don't travel much.

i like it.

 

[Anthony]

A truly splendid book. Yes, 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet' is great, but this is his masterpiece.

Ant.

 

[Klaus]

That reminds me - i have this book but a friend of me borowed it for quite a time.. i should get it back and read it

 

[anitram]

I really don't like Salman Rushdie's style. My attention span is short and every time I pick up any of his works, a paragraph feels like an eternity. And not in a good way either.

 

[pax]

I'm going to move this to LS since it seems to be moving in a literary, rather than political, direction.

Thanks.

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

I haven't read it yet. I did read Ground Beneath Her Feet, which was wonderful and long.

I was slightly turned off by the fact that one man I know called the Satanic Verses "The most boring, overrated piece of crap I've ever read."

But maybe there's hope still!

 

[Popmartijn]

I really don't like Salman Rushdie's style. My attention span is short and every time I pick up any of his works, a paragraph feels like an eternity. And not in a good way either.

I have the same feeling. I have both The Satanic Verses (in Dutch) and The Ground Beneath Her Feet (in English) and after having read both of them I know for certain I don't like his style. His style is very much like someone telling you a story, with all kinds of diversions. But while everything might flow well, it's very hard to keep your attention with it.

Sorry Salman.

C ya!

Marty

 

[Lemonboy]

Yeah, great book! Wasn?t too impressed by Fury though....

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

It's banned in my country, so no, I haven't read it.

 

[DiGi]

I read it. Took me a while to get through it though. I think if read it again I would get more out of it.

 

[verte76]

I haven't read it but I'd like to. After I get finished with the gazillion books I'm currently reading.............

 

[meegannie]

I've only read Midnight's Children.

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

Brilliant book! As well as The Ground Beneath Her Feet

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

His style is very much like someone telling you a story, with all kinds of diversions. But while everything might flow well, it's very hard to keep your attention with it.

AHH! That's exactly how I felt! He'd change subject and then lose me for a while (I'd get up, go for a swim, have a snack...not the best poolside vacation book)