The Satanic Verses: A NovelJust before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two figures, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow-covered sands of an English beach, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations. |
Contents
Mahound | 91 |
Ellowen Deeowen | 131 |
Ayesha | 209 |
VA City Visible but Unseen | 249 |
Return to Jahilia | 369 |
The Angel Azraeel | 409 |
The Parting of the Arabian Sea | 485 |
A Wonderful Lamp | 523 |
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Abu Simbel Al-Lat Alleluia Alleluia Cone Allie Anahita angel archangel arms asked Ayesha Baal baby bastard began beneath Bilal bloody body Bombay Brickhall butterflies called Changez Chamchawala cried damn dead death devil dream Everest eyes face father feel feet fell felt fucking Gibreel Farishta girl Grandee hair Hamza hand Hanif head heard heart hell Hind Imam Jahilia Jumpy Kasturba Khalid living London look Mahound manticore Maslama Mimi Mirza Saeed Mishal mouth movie Nasreen never night once Osman Pamela pilgrims Prophet Qureishi Rekha Rosa Saeed Akhtar Saladin Chamcha Salahuddin Salman Salman the Persian Sarpanch Shaandaar Shaitan shouted Sisodia sleep smile Spoono Srinivas stood street Sufyan tell thing thought tion Titlipur told turned Uzza Valance verses village voice walking wanted watched wife woman women Yathrib young zamindar Zamzam Zeeny