Salman Rushdie

Samma dag som Barack Obama svär presidenteden anländer en mystisk miljardär till Greenwich Village i New York. Nero Golden blir tillsammans med sin familj ett betydande men gåtfullt maktcentrum i staden. Vem är han, vad vill han? Salman Rushdies nya roman är en samtidberättelse om makt och fåfängans fyrverkerier, en träffande skildring av det märkliga USA som gav oss Donald Trump.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture--a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, PBS, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Financial Times, The Times of India On the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of "the Gardens," a cloistered community in New York's Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his king--a queen in want of an heir. Our guide to the Goldens' world is their neighbor Ren , an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down. Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdie's triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinvention--a powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age.

When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking 'Roman' names, and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama, he and his sons, each extraordinary in his own right, quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society. The story of the Golden family is told from the point of view of their Manhattanite neighbour and confidant, Rene, an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Goldens the perfect subject. Rene chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden: the high life of money, of art and fashion, a sibling quarrel, an unexpected metamorphosis, the arrival of a beautiful woman, betrayal and murder, and far away, in their abandoned homeland, some decent intelligence work. Invoking literature, pop culture, and the cinema, Rushdie spins the story of the American zeitgeist over the last eight years, hitting every beat: the rise of the birther movement, the Tea Party, Gamergate and identity politics; the backlash against political correctness; the ascendency of the superhero movie, and, of course, the insurgence of a ruthlessly ambitious, narcissistic, media-savvy villain wearing make-up and with coloured hair. In a new world order of alternative truths, Salman Rushdie has written the ultimate novel about identity, truth, terror and lies. A brilliant, heartbreaking realist novel that is not only uncannily prescient but shows one of the world's greatest storytellers working at the height of his powers.

Fortællingen om ejendomsmatadoren Nero Golden og hans familie, der under mystiske omstændigheder ankommer til USA fra Indien umiddelbart inden Barack Obamas indsættelse. Golden og hans sønner bosætter sig i et stort palæ på Manhattan og får hurtigt etableret sig i de indflydelsesrige kredse i New York, hvor de med hver deres ejendommelige væremåde vækker opmærksomhed. Historien om Nero-familiens storhed og fald får vi fra naboen og vennen René, en aspirerende filminstruktør, der i Golden-familien har fundet sin historie bestående af en kulørt fortælling, der involverer kunst og mode, familieintriger, uventede forvandlinger, smukke kvinder, svig og mord. Det gyldne hus er en aktuel roman fra Trumps USA om sandheder og løgne, om identitet og om frygt, rædsel og løgne.

A self-described 'emigrant from one place and a newcomer in two', the author explores the true meaning of home. He looks at what it means to belong, whether roots are real and homelands imaginary, what it is like to reconfigure your past from fragments of memory and what happens when East meets West.

Indien blir självständigt i augusti 1947. Den natten föds de 1 001 midnattsbarnen. De är länkade vid historien, fångar landets öde. De har också magiska gåvor. Saleem Sinai, född i tolvslagets dovt darrande sekund, kan avläsa alla tankar, från makthavarna till tiggarna i slummen. Med sin stora känsliga näsa har han ett olycksbådande väderkorn för människors nycker och samhällets strömkantringar. Kring denne bisarre hjälte växer en myllrande rik och sagoskimrande skröna fram, ett epos om Indiens våldsamma historia i en tid av svek, förtryck och förlorade illusioner. Midnattsbarnen kom ut 1980 och blev srs stora genombrott, den roman som lade grunden till hans världsrykte. När den nu kommer i en efterlängtad nyutgåva är det i allra högsta grad som en modern klassiker!

En morgon när trädgårdsmästaren Geronimo Manezes vaknar märker han att hans fötter inte når ner till marken. I bilen sitter han några centimeter över sätet och inte ens när han ligger nuddar han underlaget. Världen är upp och ned. Och allt beror på att filosofen Ibn Rushd på 1100-talet gifte sig med Dunja, en jinn från världen intill vår. Tillsammans fick de oräkneliga barn med häpnadsväckande förmågor som under seklernas gång spred sig över världen. Man känner igen dem på att de inte har några örsnibbar och på att de mest märkliga ting händer där de rör sig. Så tar en räcka av oförklarliga händelser vid. En författare vaknar i sitt sovrum och märker att han förvandlats till sin egen romanfigur. En baby som hittas övergiven på borgmästarens kontor visar sig kunna avslöja korruption och märka ut vilka som är skyldiga. En förförisk guldgrävare utnyttjas för att bekämpa krafter som är värre än något man kan föreställa sig. En kamp mellan ljus och mörker drar över världen. Allt detta händer i våra dagar, i oförnuftets tid, under tusen och en natt – alltså två år, åtta månader och tjugoåtta nätter. Salman Rushdie blandar historia, mytologi och berättelser från såväl populärkultur som världens sagotraditioner på ett oemotståndligt sätt. Han har skrivit en idéroman där urgamla konflikter mellan ont och gott blir levande in i dagens uppochnervända värld. Två år, åtta månader och tjugoåtta nätter är satirisk och fräck, full av lekfullt allvar om vår tids stora frågor.

Esta es la historia de Saleem Sinai, nacido en Bombay al filo de la medianoche del 15 de agosto de 1947, en el momento mismo en que la India, entre fuegos artificiales y multitudes, alcanza su independencia. El destino de Saleem queda inexorablemente unido al de su pa s, y sus peripecias personales reflejar n siempre la evoluci n pol tica de la India o ser n reflejadas por ella. Hijos de la medianoche es una asombrosa novela que combina magistralmente magia y humor, compromiso pol tico, fantas a y humanidad. La cr tica ha dicho... Una de las grandes novelas del siglo. -ABC Salman Rushdie se ha ganado el derecho de ser designado uno de nuestros mayores narradores. -The Observer Hijos de la medianoche vuelve a trazar el mapa literario de la India. Suena como un pa s encontrando su voz propia. -The New York Times ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Winner of the Booker of Bookers Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India's independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India's 1,000 other "midnight's children," all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts. This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people-a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Twenty-five years after its publication, Midnight' s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post - Los Angeles Times - San Francisco Chronicle - Harper's Bazaar - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Guardian - The Kansas City Star - National Post - BookPage - Kirkus ReviewsFrom Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling. In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth gardener finds that his feet no longer touch the ground. A graphic novelist awakens in his bedroom to a mysterious entity that resembles his own sub-Stan Lee creation. Abandoned at the mayor's office, a baby identifies corruption with her mere presence, marking the guilty with blemishes and boils. A seductive gold digger is soon tapped to combat forces beyond imagining. Unbeknownst to them, they are all descended from the whimsical, capricious, wanton creatures known as the jinn, who live in a world separated from ours by a veil. Centuries ago, Dunia, a princess of the jinn, fell in love with a mortal man of reason. Together they produced an astonishing number of children, unaware of their fantastical powers, who spread across generations in the human world. Once the line between worlds is breached on a grand scale, Dunia's children and others will play a role in an epic war between light and dark spanning a thousand and one nights--or two years, eight months, and twenty-eight nights. It is a time of enormous upheaval, in which beliefs are challenged, words act like poison, silence is a disease, and a noise may contain a hidden curse. Inspired by the traditional "wonder tales" of the East, Salman Rushdie's novel is a masterpiece about the age-old conflicts that remain in today's world. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is satirical and bawdy, full of cunning and folly, rivalries and betrayals, kismet and karma, rapture and redemption. Praise for Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights "Rushdie is our Scheherazade. . . . This book is a fantasy, a fairytale--and a brilliant reflection of and serious meditation on the choices and agonies of our life in this world."--Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian "One of the major literary voices of our time . . . In reading this new book, one cannot escape the feeling that Rushdie's] years of writing and success have perhaps been preparation for this moment, for the creation of this tremendously inventive and timely novel."--San Francisco Chronicle "A wicked bit of satire . . . Rushdie] riffs and expands on the tales of Scheherazade, another storyteller whose spinning of yarns was a matter of life and death."--USA Today "A swirling tale of genies and geniuses that] translates the bloody upheavals of our last few decades into the comic-book antics of warring jinn wielding bolts of fire, mystical transmutations and rhyming battle spells."--The Washington Post "Great fun . . . The novel shines brightest in the panache of its unfolding, the electric grace and nimble eloquence and extraordinary range and layering of his voice."--The Boston Globe

Blending history, mythology and a timeless love story, this is a satirical, magical masterpiece from one of the greatest living writers. In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin.

‘The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,are of imagination all compact.’- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s DreamTo commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, And Other Stories and Hay Festival have selected twelve contemporary international authors to each write an original and previously unpublished story as their tribute to these giants of world literature. In order to celebrate the international influence of both writers and offer us new and intriguing perspectives on them, six English-speaking authors have taken inspiration from Cervantes and his work, while six Spanish-language authors have written stories inspired by Shakespeare. The authors are Ben Okri, Deborah Levy, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Vicente Molina Foix, Soledad Puértolas, Hisham Matar, Nell Leyshon, Rhidian Brook and Valeria Luiselli. An introduction by Salman Rushdie explores the liberating legacy of Cervantes and Shakespeare for contemporary fiction.

Eto istorija vsekh - i istorija kazhdogo, istorija mira - i istorija lichnosti, a mir etot po-prezhnemu polon tajn, i samoe neverojatnoe mozhet okazatsja pravdoj. Svet zhe proshlogo, esli ego napravit pod vernym uglom, sposoben vysvetit nastojaschee luchshe ljubogo prozhektora. Imperija Velikikh Mogolov, moguschestvennyj Akbar, Florentsija XVI veka, s ee filosofami i khudozhnikami, voiteljami i kurtizankami, blistatelnyj um toj epokhi - Nikkolo Makiavelli, velikie geograficheskie otkrytija - vse slozhilos v jarchajshuju mozaiku, kazhdaja chastichka kotoroj - tonchajshij ottenok, pozvoljajuschij sozdat bogatejshee soderzhatelnoe polotno.