The Ground Beneath Her Feet

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

by SalmanRushdie (Author)

Synopsis

Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again. This is her story, and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who finds, loses, seeks and again finds her, over and over, throughout his own extraordinary life in music. Set in the inspiring, vain, fabulous world of rock'n'roll, this is the story of a love that stretches across continents, across Vina and Ormus's whole lives, and even beyond death.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03 Feb 2000

ISBN 10: 0099766019
ISBN 13: 9780099766018
Book Overview: 'This is a fabulous, glowing, witty and brilliant epic... This is the Ulysses of rock 'n' roll...glittering writing - humane and very funny' Ruth Padel, Independent

Media Reviews
A ground-breaking work... Rushdie turns our century of celebrity and atrocity inside out. He makes you see the world in a new light Time Out The first great rock 'n' roll novel in the English language The Times Uniquely exhilarating...Salman Rushdie once more proves his mastery... His sheer linguistic energy is a delight Sunday Telegraph A carnival of words...a triumphant hymn to the transforming power of love The Times
Author Bio
Sir Salman Rushdie has received many awards for his writing, including the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1993 Midnight's Children was judged to be the `Booker of Bookers', the best novel to have won the Booker Prize in its first 25 years. In June 2007 he received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours.