num_pages: 547
description: Alternate Cover Edition ISBN: 0963270702 (ISBN13: 9780963270702)Just before dawn one winter’s morning, a hijacked aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India’s legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices.Washed up, alive, on an English beach, their survival is a miracle. But there is a price to pay. Gibreel and Saladin have been chosen as opponents in the eternal wrestling match between Good and Evil. But chosen by whom? And which is which? And what will be the outcome of their final confrontation?
language: English
title: The Satanic Verses
titlecomplete: The Satanic Verses
characters: Saladin Chamcha, Gibreel Farishta
genres: Religion, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Banned Books, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 64042
places: London, England, Bombay
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel
publisher: Vintage