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The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Salman Rushdie
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Description for The Ground Beneath Her Feet
paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake. 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. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 472. Good clean copy showing light age and wear. Very slight soiling to exterior page edges. Interior is very clean
'The first great rock 'n' roll novel in the English language' The Times
On Valentine's Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake.
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. His journey takes him across the globe and through cities pulsating with the power of rock 'n' roll, to Bombay, London and New York.
But around the star-crossed lover and his quest, the uncertain world itself is beginning to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099766018
SKU
KMK0025650
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is the author of fifteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize). A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour ... Read more
Reviews for The Ground Beneath Her Feet
"A ground-breaking work... Rushdie turns our century of celebrity and atrocity inside out. He makes you see the world in a new light" Time Out "The first great rock 'n' roll novel in the English language" The Times "Uniquely exhilarating...Salman Rushdie once more proves his mastery... His sheer linguistic energy is a delight" Sunday Telegraph "A carnival of words...a triumphant ... Read more