The Satanic Verses

Name: The Satanic Verses
Author: Salman Rushdie

by Salman Rushdie

Magical realism novel blending Indian mythology with modern narrative about immigrant identity

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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian author whose Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize and the Booker of Bookers. His work draws on magical realism and South Asian myth in ways that have influenced the fantasy and science fiction genres. The Satanic Verses caused a fatwa to be issued against him. His novel Grimus is a work of science fantasy.

More by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's ChildrenMagical realist novel set in post-independence India about political turmoil
The Moor's Last SighMultigenerational saga of an Indian painting dynasty spanning centuries with magical elements
ShamePolitical allegory set in a fictional South Asian nation examining power, family honor, and shame
The Ground Beneath Her FeetNovel reimagining the Orpheus myth set across twentieth-century music and celebrity culture
Haroun and the Sea of StoriesFantastical children's tale about a boy journeying to restore stolen stories to a magical kingdom
GrimusScience fiction debut merging East and West mythology in a dreamlike space adventure