The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdies phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is not quite Pakistan. In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two menone a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasureRushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and humiliationshamelessness, shame: the roots of violence. Shame is an astonishing story that grows more timely by the day.
Shame: A Novel
Brand: Random House Trade Paperbacks
$16.26 - $35.55
- UPC:
- 9780812976700
- Maximum Purchase:
- 3 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2008-03-11
- Release Date:
- 2008-03-11
- Author:
- Salman Rushdie
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- Reprint