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Shame by Salman Rushdie
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good
Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared the symptoms of pregnancy, as they did everything else, inseparably. At their six breasts, Omar was warned against all feelings and nuances of shame. It was training which would prove useful when he left his mothers' fortress (via the dumb-waiter) to face ...Show more
Step Across This Line - Collected Non-Fiction 1992-2002 by Salman Rushdie
$27.90 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
A collection of non-fiction, ranging from "The Wizard of Oz", U2, Indian and Indian writing, the death of Princess Diana, and football, to twentieth century writers including Angela Carter, and Arthur Miller. This book also focuses on the fight against the Iranian fatwa, showing how it was to live throu ...Show more
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Vintage Magic | Reading Level: very good
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, th ...Show more
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Vintage Magic Ser. | Reading Level: good
A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller 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, th ...Show more
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
$60.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller 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, th ...Show more
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
$26.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
**New York Times bestseller** A Guardian / Observer Book of the Year 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. Ar ...Show more
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture--a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - PBS - HARPER'S BAZAAR - ESQUIRE - FIN ...Show more
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
Vina Apsara is a famous and much-loved singer. She is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. This is her story, and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who finds, loses, seeks and again finds her, over and over, throughout his own extraordinary life in music.
The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
What do we do when the world's walls - its family structures, its value-systems - crumble? The central character of this novel, 'Moor' Zogoiby, only son of a wealthy, artistic-bohemian Bombay family, finds himself in such a moment of crisis. His mother, an emotional despot, worships beauty, but Moor is ...Show more
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
$28.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: good
"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 beac ...Show more
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
$32.00 NZD
Category: No Category
One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, "The Satanic Verses" is Salman Rushdie's best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian a ...Show more
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: near fine
An epic tale with a message for us all: our power is fleeting, but our stories last forever. This is Salman Rushdie at his best. A magical realist feminist tale in an historical setting that will stay with you long after you turn the final page. The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire ...Show more