The ground beneath her feet book6/2/2023 ![]() The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a gripping story that encapsulates the history, dreams and passions of the last half century as no other novel has done. In this epic romance that stretches across whole lives, and even beyond death, Salman Rushdie's most accessible novel is also a vivid account of the intimate, flawed encounter between East and West, a remaking of the myth of Orpheus, and an exploration of the extremities of comedy, culture and desire. ![]() His vision of the human universe at the end of the twentieth century is one of chaos. And Ormus has to confront just how far he is willing to go for love. Rushdie has been described as the man who 'redrew the literary map of India.' The enormous ambition required by a project of those dimensions is evident in the complex intermixture of themes in The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Cracks and tears are appearing in the very fabric of reality, and exposing the abyss beyond. His journey takes him across the globe and through cities pulsating with the power of rock ’n’ roll, to Bombay, London and New York.īut around the star-crossed lover and his quest, the uncertain world itself is beginning to tremble and break. Her lover, the singer Ormus Cama, cannot accept that he has lost her, and so begins his eternal quest to find her and bring her back. ![]() ![]() On Valentine’s Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake. "The first great rock ’n’ roll novel in the English language." - The Times The Ground Beneath Her Feet Audible Audiobook Unabridged Salman Rushdie (Author), Steven Crossley (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) 191 ratings Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.24 18 Used from 10.95 1 New from 22.40 9 Collectible from 6. ![]()
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