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The Novel That Set The Stage For His Modern Classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame Is Salman Rushdies Unforgettable Epic. Omar Khayyam Shakil Had Three Mothers Who Shared Everything. They Shared The Symptoms Of Pregnancy; They Shared The Son That They All Claim To Have Borne On The Same Night. Raised At Their Six Breasts, Omars Mothers Teach Him To Live A Life Without Shame. And It Is Training That Proves Very Useful When He Leaves His Mothers Fortress And Makes The Fateful Mistake Of Falling In Love. For He Finds Himself An Unwitting Player In An Ongoing Duel Between The Families Of Two Men - One A Celebrated Wager Of War, The Other A Debauched Lover Of Pleasure - Living In A World Caught Between Honour And Humiliation, Where A Moment Of Shame Could Prove Fatal. Shame Is Every Bit As Good As Midnights Children. It Is A Pitch-Black Comedy Of Public Life And Historical Imperatives The Times
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Author
Salman Rushdie
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of Pages
288
Language
English
SKU
BK0022541
ISBN
9780099578611
Reading Age
All
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12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm
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Paperback
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Sir Salman Rushdie Is The Author Of Many Novels Including Grimus, Midnight'S Children, Shame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor'S Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury And Shalimar The Clown. He Has Also Published Works Of Non-Fiction Including The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, The Wizard Of Oz And, As Co-Editor, The Vintage Book Of Short Stories. Sir Salman Rushdie Is The Multi-Award Winning Author Of Twelve Previous Novels: Midnight'S Children Which Won The Booker Prize (1981) And The Best Of The Booker Prize (2008), Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun And The Sea Of Stories, The Moor'S Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar The Clown, Luka And The Fire Of Life, The Enchantress Of Florence And His Recent Two Years, Eight Months And Twenty-Eight Nights. His Memoir, Joseph Anton, Published In 2012, Became An Acclaimed Bestseller, Praised As 'The Finest Memoir [. . .] In Many A Year' (Washington Post). He Has Also Published One Collection Of Short Stories, East, West And Three Works Of Non-Fiction: The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands: Essays And Criticism 1981-1991 And Step Across This Line. Rushdie Has Also Co-Edited Two Anthologies, Mirrorwork And Best American Short Stories 2008. His Books Have Been Translated Into Over Forty Languages. He Is A Former President Of American Pen.