THE SATANIC VERSES

by RUSHDIE, Salman:

$1,007 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

London: Viking. 1988. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher s original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean and bright. The contents, with a little scattered spotting to the top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, creased and spine faded dustwrapper, which is otherwise bright and free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped ( 12.95 net to the front flap). Signed by Salman Rushdie in black ink on the title page. Rushdie s fourth novel and winner of the 1988 Whitbread Award for novel of the year. The portrayal of Islam and the prophet Mohammed in The Satanic Verses has been interpreted as blasphemous, and the novel became the centre of a long running controversy which sparked multiple protests and book-burnings and has caused the it to be banned in several countries. In 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a fatwa calling for the death of Rushdie and his publishers, which has resulted in the death of the novel s Japanese translator, the severe injuring of the book s Italian translator, Swedish publisher and other individuals associated with the novel, culminating most recently in the 2022 near-fatal stabbing of Rushdie himself whilst he was preparing to give a lecture in Chautauqua, New York. The controversy has ig

• Publisher: London: Viking. 1988
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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