A unique collectible for the Rushdie fan the uncorrected proof is scarce in the marketplace, particularly signed. SIGNED by the author on the half title page (the book has no title page as issued). Uncorrected Advance Proof Copy Near Fine in wraps. 'Salman Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.' (A. Despite this, or perhaps party because of it, the book has been overwhelmingly successful. Perceived criticism of the Islamic faith resulted in a fatwa being called against Rushdie and violence against others associated with the book. Rushdie's complex, magical-realism novel in which the lives of two Indian immigrants become entangled, highlighting the purgatory experienced by many who leave one culture, but fail to gain acceptance in another. Jacket with just minimal signs of wear, removed sticker from lower front flap. Book with a bit of foxing on the closed text block, otherwise clean and appearing unread. An excellent copy of Rushdie's notorious fourth novel, signed by the author on the title page.

A small price sticker from Viking to the front flyleaf, which can be professionally removed. Original unclipped dust wrapper is excellent and bright. Externally, lovely, with some light shelf wear and a few light marks to the head of the front board. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This re-imagining of Muhammad's life proved controversial: it was decried as blasphemous by members of the international Muslim community, culminating in Ayatollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death, backed by the Iranian government until 1998.Signed and inscribed by Salman Rushdie to the half title page.?The twentieth printing of the first US edition.?An exceptionally bright copy of this famous work.

Amongst many other elements of magic realism, the novel includes a sequence of dream-visions in which we observe the prophet Muhammad in Mecca. Salman Rushdie's fourth novel,?The Satanic Verses, which provides a?powerful examination of alienation and identity crisis among Indian expatriates in Britain. A later printing of the first US edition of Salman Rushdie's famous novel, 'The Satanic Verses', signed by the author to the half title page.

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie