by Salman Rushdie · Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788804321071
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«I versi satanici» is the novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 1989 by Mondadori in hardcover (576 pages, in Italian).
The plot follows two Indian Muslims who survive a plane crash and undergo strange transformations. Their stories intersect with dreams and visions that reinterpret Islamic culture, around the prophet Mahound. Rushdie addresses identity, religion and migration, opposing the protagonists as symbols of good and evil.
This Italian edition, translated by Enzo Caputo, belongs to the Omnibus stranieri collection.
For readers of contemporary and literary fiction, particularly those seeking novels that combine realism and fantasy with religious and identity debate.
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.
