Salman Rushdie

El regreso a la ficción de uno de los escritores más célebres de nuestro tiempo. «Rushdie no solo ha ampliado lascapacidades de la literatura, sino que ha expandido las posibilidades imaginativas del

*German Booksellers' Peace Prize 2023* La mejor obra de su autor hasta la fecha. Una metáfora universal sobre la decadencia del mundo contemporáneo. En El último suspiro del Moro Salman Rushdie regresa a la misma tierra y a gente similar a la que describio en su magnifica Hijos de la medianoche: el ultimo de los Zogoiby, Moraes el Moro, nos cuenta la historia de su familia desde su tumba en España, una historia que nos habla de la batalla entre la bondad y la maldad, de la belleza y del amor, del mestizaje y la pureza, y que no es otra cosa que una alegoria de la India contemporanea. Reseñas: "Utilizando de manera personalisima los recursos del realismo magico esta saga familiar que recorre todo el siglo XX, combina genialmente lo comico y lo fantastico, la invencion y la narracion historica, y crea, con todo ello, un conjunto desbordante de vitalidad."Malcolm Bradbury "Una novela absolutamente fabulosa."Sunday Times "Un libro maravilloso, exuberante por su colorido y textura, de una envergadura magnifica, y enloquecidamente divertido."The Independent

*German Booksellers' Peace Prize 2023* El mejor premio Booker de toda la historia. Una asombrosa novela que combina magistralmente magia y humor, compromiso político, fantasía y humanidad. Esta es la historia de Saleem Sinai, nacido en Bombay al filo de la medianoche del 15 de agosto de 1947, en el momento mismo en que la India, entre fuegos artificiales y multitudes, alcanza su independencia. El destino de Saleem queda inexorablemente unido al de su pais, y sus peripecias personales reflejaran siempre la evolucion politica de la India o seran reflejadas por ella. Hijos de la medianoche es una asombrosa novela que combina magistralmente magia y humor, compromiso politico, fantasia y humanidad.La critica ha dicho...Una de las grandes novelas del siglo.ABC Salman Rushdie se ha ganado el derecho de ser designado uno de nuestros mayores narradores.The Observer Hijos de la medianoche vuelve a trazar el mapa literario de la India. Suena como un pais encontrando su voz propia.The New York Times

*German Booksellers' Peace Prize 2023* Los versos satánicos es la novela más célebre, iconoclasta y polémica de Salman Rushdie. Una referencia ineludible de la literatura de nuestro tiempo. Un avión secuestrado estalla a gran altura sobre el canal de la Mancha. Dos supervivientes caen al mar: Gibrel Farishta, un legendario galan cinematografico, y Saladin Chamcha, el hombre de las mil voces, autodidacta y anglofilo furibundo. Consiguen llegar a una playa inglesa y notan unos extraños cambios: uno ha adquirido una aureola y el otro ve con horror como crece el vello de sus piernas, los pies se le convierten en cascos y las sienes se abultan... Rushdie tuvo que cambiar radicalmente de vida despues de publicar Los versos satanicos. Esta obra trajo consigo una fuerte polemica, desde la prohibicion y quema del libro en los paises musulmanes hasta graves disturbios tanto en Inglaterra como en Estados Unidos. El 14 de febrero de 1989, el ayatola Jomeini proclamo una fetua instando a la poblacion musulmana a ejecutar a cualquier persona relacionada con la publicacion del libro. Se llego incluso a ofrecer una recompensa en efectivo por la muerte de Rushdie y muchos de los traductores del libro sufrieron intentos de asesinato en todo el mundo. Hitoshi Igarashi, el traductor de Los versos satanicos al japones, fue asesinado en 1991. Salman Rushdie sufrio un intento de asesinato en agosto de 2022 al ser apuñalado en un acto publico.Reseña:Una obra prodigiosa, brillante, deleitable.Nadine Gordimer

*German Booksellers' Peace Prize 2023* El mejor premio Booker de toda la historia. Una asombrosa novela que combina magistralmente magia y humor, compromiso político, fantasía y humanidad. Esta es la historia de Saleem Sinai, nacido en Bombay al filo de la medianoche del 15 de agosto de 1947, en el momento mismo en que la India, entre fuegos artificiales y multitudes, alcanza su independencia. El destino de Saleem queda inexorablemente unido al de su pais, y sus peripecias personales reflejaran siempre la evolucion politica de la India o seran reflejadas por ella. Hijos de la medianoche es una asombrosa novela que combina magistralmente magia y humor, compromiso politico, fantasia y humanidad.La critica ha dicho...Una de las grandes novelas del siglo.ABC Salman Rushdie se ha ganado el derecho de ser designado uno de nuestros mayores narradores.The Observer Hijos de la medianoche vuelve a trazar el mapa literario de la India. Suena como un pais encontrando su voz propia.The New York Times

MEJOR LIBRO DE NO-FICCIÓN EXTRANJERA DEL AÑO SEGÚN EL MUNDO En estas desgarradoras nuevas memorias, Salman Rushdie -escritor internacionalmente admirado, defensor de la libertad de expresión y ganador del Premio Booker de los Bookers y del Premio de La Paz de los Libreros alemanes, entre otros muchos- narra como sobrevivio al atentado contra su vida treinta años despues de la fatwa que ordeno el ayatola Jomeini contra el. Por primera vez, y con una franqueza conmovedora, Rushdie habla sobre los traumaticos acontecimientos vividos el 12 de agosto de 2022, respondiendo con la fuerza del arte a la violencia ejercida contra el, y recordandonos el poder que tienen las palabras para otorgar sentido a lo impensable. Cuchillo es una meditacion poderosa, profundamente personal y, en ultima instancia, reafirmante sobre la vida, la perdida, el amor, el arte... y sobre como reunir la fuerza necesaria para ponerse de nuevo en pie. Senti la necesidad de escribir este libro: una forma de procesar lo sucedido y de responder a la violencia con arte.Salman RushdieLa critica ha dicho:Un libro que procura convertir la palabra en una herramienta punzante que atraviese el mundo como el filo de un metal muy afilado, que desgarre y penetre, que perfore la conciencia de quienes lo leen.Karina Sainz Borgo, ABC Cuchillo es el triunfo de los principios frente a la barbarie, del lenguaje y el pensamiento articulados frente al odio inmotivado y sus cuchilladas agrafas. Un libro en el que la compasion y el dolor, el agravio y la ira, se dan la mano [ ] Lean todo Rushdie, el mas gran fabulador anglosajon de los ultimos cincuenta años, a la altura de su maestro Garcia Marquez.Enrique Murillo, La Vanguardia Culturas Rushdie hace uso de su don imaginativo para crear cuatro sesiones de un encuentro imaginario con su agresor. En ellas, muestra lo que ha estado haciendo en toda su obra: reivindicar el dialogo, arrinconar la ortodoxia y la literalidad, rebatir la mente cautiva del radicalizado, desnudar el victimismo, señalar a los autoritarios, celebrar la libertad.Marta Rebon, El Mundo Cuchillo es un titulo que anticipa inequivocamente lo que podemos encontrar en sus paginas: dolor fisico y psiquico, violencia ciega, horror moral. Sin embargo, tambien hay humor, esperanza y gratitud. Al igual que el Nobel egipcio Naguib Mahfuz, apuñalado por islamistas radicales, Salman Rushdie ha vuelto a escribir, venciendo al fanatismo que pretendia silenciarlo. La palabra ha triunfado sobre el terror.Rafael Narbona, El Cultural La cura, al final llegaria por una via que habia descartado de antemano: la literatura. Y, tambien por una visita, justo un año despues, al lugar donde sufrio este ataque. El resto es historia. O no. El resto es este libro: Cuchillo.Javier Ors, La Razon Rushdie mas que defenderse, ataca y pasa a de ser acuchillado a ser acuchillador.Rodrigo Fresan, ABC Cultural

It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film "Moonrise Kingdom" to Penguin's own bestsellers "Committed "and "Rules of Civility." With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," a 'B' for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," and a 'C' for Willa Cather's "My Antonia." It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves. R is for Rushdie. Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" inhabits the same imaginative space as "Gulliver's Travels," "Alice in Wonderland," and "The Wizard of Oz." Haroun, a 12-year-old boy sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.

Presents the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. This book brings together two cities that barely know each other - the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the emperor wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire and the treachery of sons, and the equally sensual Florentine world of powerful courtesans.

Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, at the precise moment of India's independence, the infant Saleem Sinai is celebrated in the press and welcomed by Prime Minister Nehru himself. But, this coincidence of birth has consequences Saleem is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' - all born in the initial hour of India's independence - and an uncanny sense of smell which allows him to sniff out dangers others cannot perceive. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's biography is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious.

In 1993, Salman Rushdie''s novel MIDNIGHT''S CHILDREN was declared the Booker of Bookers, the best book to win the Booker Prize in its first 25 years. The BBC began the process of adapting it for television. After three years had passed, two producers and two directors had come and gone, and the first scriptwriter''s attempts had been set aside, Salman Rushdie agreed to adapt his own work. The result has been hailed as one of the most brilliant adaptations in television history. Within months of the screenplay''s completion, the project was ready to start filming on location in Sri Lanka. Then, just weeks before principal photography was to begin, the Sri Lankan authorities abruptly changed their minds and withdrew permission to film, without giving any reasons. In his enthralling introduction, Rushdie describes the evolution of the screenplay, and the project''s political defeat. As for the screenplay itself, it cries out to be filmed.

A tall, yellow-haired young European traveler calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Koz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an Uzbek warlord, then by the Shah of Persia, and finally becomes the lover of a certain Argalia, a Florentine soldier of fortune, commander of the armies of the Ottoman Sultan.When Argalia returns home with his Mughal mistress the city is mesmerized by her presence, and much trouble ensues. The "Enchantress of Florence" is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. It brings together two cities that barely know each other - the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire and the treachery of sons, and the equally sensual Florentine world of powerful courtesans, humanist philosophy and inhuman torture, where Argalia's boyhood friend 'il Machia' - Niccolo Machiavelli - is learning, the hard way, about the true brutality of power. These two worlds, so far apart, turn out to be uncannily alike, and the enchantments of women hold sway over them both. But is Mogor's story true? And if so, then what happened to the lost princess? And if he's a liar, must he die?

On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka's storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the Magic World, encountering a slew of phantasmagorical obstacles along the way, to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task. With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best.

With the same dazzling imagination and love of language that have made Salman Rushdie one of the great storytellers of our time, Luka and the Fire of Life revisits the magic-infused, intricate world he first brought to life in the modern classic Haroun and the Sea of Stories. This breathtaking new novel centers on Luka, Harouns younger brother, who must save his father from certain doom. For Rashid Khalifa, the legendary storyteller of Kahani, has fallen into deep sleep from which no one can wake him. To keep his father from slipping away entirely, Luka must travel to the Magic World and steal the ever-burning Fire of Life. Thus begins a quest replete with unlikely creatures, strange alliances, and seemingly insurmountable challenges as Luka and an assortment of enchanted companions race through peril after peril, pass through the land of the Badly Behaved Gods, and reach the Fire itself, where Lukas fate, and that of his father, will be decided. Filled with mischievous wordplay and delving into themes as universal as the power of filial love and the meaning of mortality, Luka and the Fire of Life is a book of wonders for all ages.

This title includes a reading guide. Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious This title includes a reading guide. Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious Hide

When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking ''Roman'' names, and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama, he and his sons, each extraordinary in his own right, quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society.The story of the Golden family is told from the point of view of their Manhattanite neighbour and confidant, Rene, an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Goldens the perfect subject. Rene chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden: the high life of money, of art and fashion, a sibling quarrel, an unexpected metamorphosis, the arrival of a beautiful woman, betrayal and murder, and far away, in their abandoned homeland, some decent intelligence work.Invoking literature, pop culture, and the cinema, Rushdie spins the story of the American zeitgeist over the last eight years, hitting every beat: the rise of the birther movement, the Tea Party, Gamergate and identity politics; the backlash against political correctness; the ascendency of the superhero movie, and, of course, the insurgence of a ruthlessly ambitious, narcissistic, media-savvy villain wearing make-up and with coloured hair.In a new world order of alternative truths, Salman Rushdie has written the ultimate novel about identity, truth, terror and lies. A brilliant, heartbreaking realist novel that is not only uncannily prescient but shows one of the worlds greatest storytellers working at the height of his powers.

From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling.In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth gardener finds that his feet no longer touch the ground. A graphic novelist awakens in his bedroom to a mysterious entity that resembles his own subStan Lee creation. Abandoned at the mayors office, a baby identifies corruption with her mere presence, marking the guilty with blemishes and boils. A seductive gold digger is soon tapped to combat forces beyond imagining.Unbeknownst to them, they are all descended from the whimsical, capricious, wanton creatures known as the jinn, who live in a world separated from ours by a veil. Centuries ago, Dunia, a princess of the jinn, fell in love with a mortal man of reason. Together they produced an astonishing number of children, unaware of their fantastical powers, who spread across generations in the human world.Once the line between worlds is breached on a grand scale, Dunias children and others will play a role in an epic war between light and dark spanning a thousand and one nightsor two years, eight months, and twenty-eight nights. It is a time of enormous upheaval, in which beliefs are challenged, words act like poison, silence is a disease, and a noise may contain a hidden curse.Inspired by the traditional wonder tales of the East, Salman Rushdies novel is a masterpiece about the age-old conflicts that remain in todays world. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is satirical and bawdy, full of cunning and folly, rivalries and betrayals, kismet and karma, rapture and redemption.

Quand il advient – tous les quelques siècles – que se brisent les sceaux cosmiques, le monde des jinns et celui des hommes entrent momentanément en contact. Sous apparence humaine, les jinns excursio

From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling.In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth gardener finds that his feet no longer touch the ground. A graphic novelist awakens in his bedroom to a mysterious entity that resembles his own subStan Lee creation. Abandoned at the mayors office, a baby identifies corruption with her mere presence, marking the guilty with blemishes and boils. A seductive gold digger is soon tapped to combat forces beyond imagining.Unbeknownst to them, they are all descended from the whimsical, capricious, wanton creatures known as the jinn, who live in a world separated from ours by a veil. Centuries ago, Dunia, a princess of the jinn, fell in love with a mortal man of reason. Together they produced an astonishing number of children, unaware of their fantastical powers, who spread across generations in the human world.Once the line between worlds is breached on a grand scale, Dunias children and others will play a role in an epic war between light and dark spanning a thousand and one nightsor two years, eight months, and twenty-eight nights. It is a time of enormous upheaval, in which beliefs are challenged, words act like poison, silence is a disease, and a noise may contain a hidden curse.Inspired by the traditional wonder tales of the East, Salman Rushdies novel is a masterpiece about the age-old conflicts that remain in todays world. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is satirical and bawdy, full of cunning and folly, rivalries and betrayals, kismet and karma, rapture and redemption.

A tall, yellow-haired young European traveler calling himself 'Mogor dell 'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Koz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an Uzbek warlord, then by the Shah of Persia, and finally becomes the lover of a certain Argalia, a Florentine soldier of fortune, commander of the armies of the Ottoman Sultan. When Argalia returns home with his Mughal mistress the city is mesmerized by her presence, and much trouble ensues."The Enchantress of Florence" is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. It brings together two cities that barely know each other - the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire and the treachery of sons, and the equally sensual Florentine world of powerful courtesans, humanist philosophy and inhuman torture, where Argalia's boyhood friend 'il Machia' - Niccolo Machiavelli - is learning, the hard way, about the true brutality of power. These two worlds, so far apart, turn out to be uncannily alike, and the enchantments of women hold sway over them both. But is Mogor's story true? And if so, then what happened to the lost princess? And if he's a liar, must he die?