The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdieâs phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is ânot quite Pakistan.â In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two menâone a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasureâRushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and humiliationââshamelessness, shame: the roots of violence.â Shame is an astonishing story that grows more timely by the day.
The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdieâs phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is ânot quite Pakistan.â In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two menâone a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasureâRushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and humiliationââshamelessness, shame: the roots of violence.â Shame is an astonishing story that grows more timely by the day.