Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, KBE (English pronunciation: /sælˈmɑːn ˈrʊʃdi/[1]; 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 world.
His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the centre of The Satanic Verses controversy, with protests from Muslims in several countries. Some of the protests were violent, with Rushdie facing death threats and a fatwā issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, in February 1989.
He was appointed a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to literature" in June 2007.[2] 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.[3] 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".[4] His latest novel is The Enchantress of Florence, published in June 2008.[5]
Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and found himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight hour, each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent - and whose privilege and curse it is to be both master and victims of their times. Through Saleem's gifts - inner ear and wildly sensitive sense of smell - we are drawn into a fascinating family saga set against the vast, colourful background of the India of the 20th century.
推荐理由:鲁西迪虽然是因为《撒旦诗篇》被下了追杀令而成为世界焦点,但他文学上的成就,却是这本被誉为“英语世界罕见的完美小说”的《午夜之子》。一个孟买小孩诞生于印度脱离英国独立的神圣时刻(1947年8月15日午夜零点),他受到尼赫鲁总理的祝福。本书即是这个叙述者庞...
评分英国作家萨尔曼•鲁西迪的每部作品几乎都是布克奖热门入围作品。 《午夜之子》于1981年获布克奖,1993年,鲁西迪就又凭借此作品获得 “布克奖中的特别奖”,此奖当时为纪念布克奖25周年额外增设。2008年他又凭借《午夜之子》获得“最佳布克奖”,这个特别奖项旨在庆...
评分 评分《午夜之子》中的“窟窿” 内容摘要:《午夜之子》是英籍印度裔作家萨尔曼拉什迪的长篇小说,该书一经出版,便获得英国最高文学奖布克奖。作者萨尔曼拉什迪于1948年在印度一个穆斯林家庭中出生,但却在英国长大,他自身的生活经历,再加上印度被殖民的历史,使得他的作品往往涉...
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评分4.5星,文笔好得没法说,想象力丰富,可读性极强,但后面让人感觉略失望有烂尾嫌疑
评分A three-week non-stop reading. Mesmerizing and magnificent. Salman Rushdie is a master of storytelling.
评分读完一本杰作就像是一场友谊的终结。
评分由于对印度文化没有认识,所以读得非常困难,但正因此,到最后两章才能感慨颇深。历史、他人、寓言统统汇集了到他身上,构成了他的记忆、行为和个性,而他自身也在参与对他人的塑造,他的下一代身上必将有他自己的身影。虽说是后现代的,但同时也是能列入经典的大部头序列之中的作品。不过我也对如此之多的印度历史事件感到不太适应。对印度读者而言,关于这些事件的每一个字肯定都扣动他们的心弦,但对非历史读者而言,梳理这些事件又实在过于吃力不讨好了。
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