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The Satanic Verses
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 23 hrs and 27 mins
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The Satanic Verses
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Publisher's Summary
Just before dawn one winter’s morning, a hijacked aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India’s legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices.
Washed up, alive, on an English beach, their survival is a miracle. But there is a price to pay. Gibreel and Saladin have been chosen as opponents in the eternal wrestling match between Good and Evil. But chosen by whom? And which is which? And what will be the outcome of their final confrontation?
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- Harold B
- 27-07-2021
Review of The Satanic Verses
Very intense read. So impressed by the links and references to multiple historical religious and mythological characters and events. The background analysis/ questioning of the basis for religious endeavors and attachments is interesting. The use of vernacular forms of Anglo Indian speech on the surface seems overdone but provides a sense of authenticity to the stories of the central characters
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- Shirin hooshmand
- 08-01-2023
Magnificent performance
Greatly enjoyed the audio book with the reader’s ability to act out multiple characters and accents
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- Anonymous User
- 14-10-2022
outstanding
enjoyed this immensely when i read the hard copy , narration adds more to its detail and ethnic atmosphere .
narration was outstanding and story has stood the test of time .
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-08-2022
Sublime writing, and funny!
Since the horrific attack on Rushdie I was prompted to revisit the Satanic Verses’ and am so glad I did. Sage, ironic and funny. The reader is perfect in his tone too. Not for the narrow minded of ANY of the major religions!
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- Jason
- 16-10-2022
A boooook for the generations
I am in awe of Rushdie's ability to write and so succinctly summarise such wonderful and divergent feelings. It is a gift that I sorely wish I possessed. I am not familiar with India or its culture, yet having read this book I feel like I have a far more nuanced understanding of its various competing communities and how they knit together.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-09-2022
Terrible narration
I couldn't get past the terrible narration so stopped a mere 5 minutes in. I may consider listening again if re-recorded. I can't comment on the story because it was too hard to listen to.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-06-2024
hard to follow
Decided to give it a go to see what all the fuss was about. I couldn't finish it as I found it quite hard to follow. Stopped about a quarter of the way through as it got bad to worse
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- Anon
- 18-08-2022
A total let down!!
The writer tries way too hard to be witty and funny and this is terribly annoying .. what made it worse was the narrators voice which became unbearable and I couldn’t continue listening
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- Anonymous User
- 19-09-2022
Humour and difficulty following
The narrator has a lovely accent, however strong and I had to focus on the accent to concentrate fully to understand the story line. Some humorous language which is giggle worthy.
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- Debra Symmans
- 27-09-2022
I can’t say I enjoyed this novel and quite frankly, towards the end of the story I was anxious for it to finish
This was a chore and an exercise in resilience and my bull headed nature to complete.
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