Salman Rushdie

7 summariesLiterary Fiction, Fantasy, Spirituality

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.

Books by Salman Rushdie

7 books available

The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
3.7 (56k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
After surviving a plane explosion, an Indian movie star and a voice actor are caught in a surreal battle of identity, good, and evil, forcing them to question faith and reality.
Shalimar the Clown
Salman Rushdie
3.9 (13k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Rushdie's magical-realist epic follows the doomed romance of a Kashmiri clown and dancer, the assassination of an American counterterrorism chief, and the devastating clash of worlds across continents and generations.
The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie
3.9 (12k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
From Cochin's spice markets to Spain's sun-drenched landscapes, Moraes 'Moor' Zogoiby, a storyteller and the last of a powerful dynasty, tells a witty and surreal story of wild passions, family hatreds, and love's terrifying power that shaped modern India.
Shame
Salman Rushdie
3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In a world where honor and humiliation dictate life and death, an un-shameable man born of three mothers unwittingly ignites a fatal rivalry between two powerful families in a land on the brink of historical upheaval.
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Salman Rushdie
3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
When reality breaks apart, a photographer tells the grand love story of a vanished rock star and her musical partner, a love like the Orpheus legend set against East-meets-West conflicts and a world literally coming undone.
The Golden House
Salman Rushdie
3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A young filmmaker becomes obsessed with a mysterious immigrant patriarch and his three sons who live in a Greenwich Village mansion, uncovering their opulent lives, dark secrets, and a nation's political chaos.
Luka and the Fire of Life
Salman Rushdie
3.6 (6k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
To save his legendary storyteller father from an unending sleep, young Luka embarks on a perilous quest through a whimsical, wordplay-filled Magic World to steal the ever-burning Fire of Life from the mischievous Badly Behaved Gods.