by Salman Rushdie · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401385919
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«El suelo bajo sus pies» is the novel by Salman Rushdie, published by Plaza & Janés in 1999 in paperback (701 pages, in Spanish).
It is a contemporary fiction novel with elements of magical realism in which music, love and Indian culture articulate the narrative. The story interweaves the lives of its characters with myths, legends and musical references, in a plot that moves between the real and the fantastic.
Translation by Miguel Sáenz of the original 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'. Winner in 2000 of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Best Book in South Asia and Europe category.
It is aimed at readers of contemporary fiction and magical realism who want an extensive work with musical references, myths and Indian culture.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
