The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Salman Rushdie
The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Salman Rushdie
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The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Author: Salman Rushdie

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 27 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/23/2008


Synopsis

Salman Rushdie is widely considered one of a handful of truly great living writers. The internationally acclaimed, Booker Prize-winning author's storytelling shines in this epic love story, a modern retelling of the myth of Orpheus. Energetic and musical, Rushdie's prose is positively mesmerizing when you hear it read aloud. This panoramic work is framed with the death of rock goddess Vina Aspara. The story of her life and love affair with musical prodigy Ormus Cama is told by Rai, a photographer who also loved Vina. Rai worships the ground beneath her feet, even as he ponders the loss of terra firma in modern culture. Narrator Steven Crossley gives Rai's voice just the right blend of amusement, insolence, and devotion. With his light British accent and perfect pacing, Crossley glides you non-stop through the novel's imaginative maze of ancient mythology and pop culture. His performance lets you sit back and enjoy the amazing things Rushdie does with the English language.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on October 26, 2007

Knew it was my favorite book ever as soon as I read it. Read all the others I'd said that about again just to be sure. It was. Rushdie's polyglot wordplay and his gift for pun (Why is it that multi-lingual writers like Rushdie and Nabokov are the most exceptional punsters?) are irrepressible. It's a......more

Goodreads review by Madhurabharatula on August 05, 2011

I walked away from this book with many feelings, but, principal among them was boredom. I have seen a lot of people labelling Tolkein's work as self indulgent. Tolkein, my friends, was lyrical. His book had heart, soul. His characters were weighed down by destiny and the strength of their choices. R......more

Goodreads review by Kuszma on September 23, 2024

Ezeknek az epikus nagyregényeknek az íróit hajlamos vagyok úgy elképzelni, mint virtuóz kutyasétáltatót, akit épp több tucat eb rángat pórázon, miközben megkísérli velük megkerülni a háztömböt. Ezek az ebek az alaptémák (szerelem, történelem, mitologikus áthallások, stb.) illetve a szereplők metafor......more