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Victory City is framed as a fictional translation of an epic originally written in Sanskrit. [1] The focaliser and protagonist is Pampa Kampana, partly inspired by the historical, fourteenth-century princess-poet Gangadevi, who is given (or cursed with) a 247-year lifespan.
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The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel from the Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters.
So, another brave and dazzling fable from Salman Rushdie, one that meets the test of civic usefulness -- broadly conceived -- as certainly as it fulfills the requirements of true art." [ 2 ] On 5 November 2019 BBC Arts included The Moor's Last Sigh on its list of the 100 most influential novels .
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [4]
Midnight's Children (1981) by Salman Rushdie [47] Valis (1981) by Philip K. Dick [48] Sixty Stories (1981) by Donald Barthelme [29] A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) by Haruki Murakami [49] The Name of the Rose (1983) by Umberto Eco [49] Shame (1983) by Salman Rushdie [50] Money (1984) by Martin Amis [51] The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984) by ...
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The central character, India, is the illegitimate child of a former United States ambassador to India, Maximilian Ophuls. Although a number of narratives and incidents in the novel revolve around Kashmir, the novel opens in Los Angeles. Max Ophuls, a US diplomat who has worked in the Kashmir Valley, is murdered by his former chauffeur, Shalimar.