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Title	:	Shame
Author	:	Salman Rushdie
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 287 pages
Published	:	May 18th 1995 by Vintage (first published September 8th 1983)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. India. Magical Realism. Literature

Shame

Salman Rushdie

Paperback | Pages: 287 pages

Rating: 3.82 | 10812 Users | 536 Reviews

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The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdie’s phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is “not quite Pakistan.” In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two men–one a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasure–Rushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and humiliation–“shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence.” Shame is an astonishing story that grows more timely by the day.

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Original Title:	Shame
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Booker Prize Nominee (1983), Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1985)

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261. Shame, Salman RushdieShame is Salman Rushdie's third novel, published in 1983. Like most of Rushdie's work, this book was written in the style of magic realism. It portrays the lives of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Iskander Harappa) and General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (General Raza Hyder) and their relationship. The central theme of the novel is that violence is born out of shame. The concepts of 'shame' and 'shamelessness' are explored through all of the characters, with main focus on Sufiya Zinobia

Although I always list Rushdie as one of my favorite authors of all time, it had been almost ten years since I picked up one of his books. So when I came across Shame in 12th Street books, I decided to dive back in.I loved the way that the story kept leaping ahead of itself, rushing ahead like an impatient child to tell you things that wouldnt happen until much later, and when they did happen how different they were from the expectations that had been seeded. The narrator of Shame, like many of



Shame - a perfect tool of mass control for those who are shameless enough to use it! Oh, for those of you who are not familiar with Salman Rushdies storytelling skills: even his characters suffer from confusion and dizziness while he is working on them. Somewhat nauseous after the ride, I try to put two sentences together that make sense of the extraordinary reading experience I just had. It is hard, though, for more happens in a subclause in Rushdies universe than other people manage to put

I reread this book many years following my Pakistan encounters. It is one beautiful, philosophical, political, fantastical story in a land built on a myth. A great book to read for people from both sides of one subcontinen,t and for those in love with it.

Shame is fantastic--not in the pop sense of high quality, but in the literal sense of worlds beyond reality. The book is filled with strange beasts and diseases. It travels through vast realms of soul, spirit, government, psychology, medicine, history, politics, religion, philosophy. It takes place in a country that is not quite Pakistan, and in a time that ranges from prehistory to the present. I am quite sure that those versed in Indian/Afghan/Iranian history find reams of allegory in the

I found this novel to be incredibly interesting and had me reflecting a lot while reading. Having studied extensively Arab/Middle Eastern/Islamic culture and being a former Arabic linguist, I enjoyed the author's story involving the characters, their cultural perimeters, and their purpose. The central theme is shame: shame from within, seeing shame in the outside world, seeing shame in others, personal shame, living in shame, fear of shame, etc. The parallels of Pakistan's political climate in