THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET is a sort of postmodern retelling of the Eurydice and Orpheus myth. Rock music replaces, in this novel, Orpheus's lyre. No brief summary can hope to convey all the historical, religious, mythological and pop musical range of references of this ambitious, original and extremely long novel/5. During a book tour, Salman Rushdie said of his new novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet (), “It’s a love story, and it’s about rock ‘n roll.” Condensed to its basic elements, it is the story of the tempestuous love between Ormus Cama and Vina Apsara, two gifted musicians, as told by the other man who loves Vina, Umeed “Rai” Merchant. The Ground Beneath Her Feet is Salman Rushdie's most gripping novel and his boldest imaginative act, a vision of our shaken, mutating times, an engagement with the whole of what is and what might be, an account of the intimate, flawed encounter between the East and the West, a brilliant remaking of the myth of Orpheus, a novel of high (and low) comedy, high (and low) passions, high (and low) culture. /5().
The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Salman Rushdie's most ambitious and accomplished novel, sure to be hailed as his masterpiece. At the beginning of this stunning novel, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. This is her story, and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who. Abstract II: The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie's cult novel - stands as. a very rich and complex cultural text, which today should be praised for the. The blessings and curses of fame, the seismic character of sociopolitical change, and the dream of transcending our earthbound natures are the commanding#;though scarcely only#;themes of this brilliant epic reimagining of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, by the internationally acclaimed and reviled author of The Satanic Verses. Photojournalist (and "event junkie") Umeed, a.k.a. "Rai.
The ground beneath her feet by Salman Rushdie First EditionThe Ground Beneath Her Feet is Salman Rushdie's sixth novel. Published in , it is a variation on the Orpheus/Eurydice myth, with rock mus. The Ground Beneath Her Feet is Salman Rushdie's most gripping novel and his boldest imaginative act, a vision of our shaken, mutating times, an engagement with the whole of what is and what might be, an account of the intimate, flawed encounter between the East and the West, a brilliant remaking of the myth of Orpheus, a novel of high (and low. The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, Cape £18, pp By Hermione Lee. Sun EST. 5. 5. The world-famous rock star Ormus Cama has a song that goes: 'It's not supposed to.
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