Shalimar the clown : a novel af Salman Rushdie (Bog)
Los angeles, 1991 maximilian ophuls, one of the makers of the modern world, is knifed to death in broad daylight on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter india, slaughtered by his kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself shalimar the clown the dead man is a world war ii resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability and much erotic appeal, a former united states ambassador to india, and subsequently americas counter-terrorism chief the murder looks at first like a political assassination but turns out to be passionately personal this is the story of max, his killer, and his daughter - and of a fourth character, the woman who links them, whose story explains them all the story of a deep love gone fatally wrong, destroyed by a shallow affair, it is an epic narrative that moves from california to france, england, and above all, kashmir at its heart is the tale of that earthly paradise of peach orchards and honey bees, of mountains and lakes, of green-eyed women and murderous men: a ruined paradise, not so much lost as smashed lives are uprooted, names keep changing - nothing is permanent, yet everything is connected spanning the globe and darting through history, salman rushdies majestic narrative captures the heart of the reader and the spirit of a troubled age.Forlag: Vintage BooksUdgivelsesår: 2005Sider: 649Sprog: Engelsk Klik på 'Se annoncen hos forhandleren' for at se varen i vores webshop Vi sender til hele landet for 45 kr. Leveringstiden er 1-3 hverdage. Du kan også gratis hente den på vores lager på Industrivej 10 i Slangerup. Er du i tvivl om varen stadig er til salg? Klik på knappen "Se annoncen hos forhandleren" for at se den i vores webshop. Kan du se den der, er den stadig til salg. Orderly er en ny måde at købe brugt på. Vi har alle vores sælgeres ting på vores centrale lager. Derfor kan du være helt sikker på at få dine ting - og du kan samle flere ting på tværs af sælgere og kun betale én gang fragt.
