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"Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall." -- Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie ( ; born 19 June 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He achieved notability with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds.

His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the centre of a major controversy, drawing protests from Muslims in several countries. Some of the protests were violent, in which death threats were issued to Rushdie, including a fatw? against him by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, on February 24, 1989.

He was appointed a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to literature" in June 2007. He holds the rank Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. He began a five-year term as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emory University in 2007. In May 2008 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2008, The Times ranked Rushdie thirteenth on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". His latest novel is The Enchantress of Florence, published in June 2008. In 2010, he announced that he has begun writing his memoir.

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Total Books: 327
The Enchantress of Florence
2009 - The Enchantress of Florence (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780679640516
ISBN-10: 0679640517
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 33

The Enchantress of Florence
2008 - The Enchantress of Florence (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780375504334
ISBN-10: 0375504338
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 14

Shame A Novel
2008 - Shame a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780812976700
ISBN-10: 0812976703
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 5

The Enchantress of Florence
2008 - The Enchantress of Florence (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781607514305
ISBN-10: 1607514303
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 7

Fury
2002 - Fury (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780679783503
ISBN-10: 0679783504
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 12

Ground Beneath Her Feet
1999 - Ground Beneath Her Feet (Other)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780224044196
ISBN-10: 0224044192
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 2.3/5 Stars.
 2

Fury a Novel
Fury a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780676974416
ISBN-10: 0676974414
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Shalimar the Clown
Shalimar the Clown (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780679463351
ISBN-10: 0679463356
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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