Shame

Name: Shame
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 9781501926273

Author: Salman Rushdie

Narrator: Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/02/2017

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdie's phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is "not quite Pakistan." In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two men-one a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasure-Rushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and humiliation-"shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence." Shame is an astonishing story that grows more timely by the day.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin

"Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough and it becomes part of the furniture." —Salman Rushdie (excerpt from the book). Oh, Salman, my beardy bunnykins … gah! You’ve only gone and let me down AGAIN! *sigh* I revere Rushdie. I even proclaimed him to be one of my favourite author......more

Goodreads review by Brett

I found this novel to be incredibly interesting and had me reflecting a lot while reading. Having studied extensively Arab/Middle Eastern/Islamic culture and being a former Arabic linguist, I enjoyed the author's story involving the characters, their cultural parameters, and their purpose. The centr......more