Salman Rushdie - The ground beneath her feet
4 March 2004
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Rushdie created a clever story filled to the brim with references, going off in all directions imaginable. However, his style backfires and results in too many sidelines, too much clout and too much red tape, so that, after 200 pages, you still feel like you haven't finished the introduction.
The story is about two Indian rock stars and runs parallel with the tale of Orpheus in the underworld. One of the rock stars dies at some point and the other tries to get her back from the dead. The result is a story that's set around the interconnection of two similar but different parallel worlds that are about to clash on a subconscious but, over time, also physical level.
Of these worlds, the book is set in a world that is not "ours", but, supposedly, the parallel one. For example, the US doesn't fight in Vietnam but in Indochina; Kennedy doesn't get killed, Madonna is a music critic, etc.
Although I probably missed a lot of references, his tale seems to be pretty obvious. Nevertheless, he also seems to be trying too hard, making the whole book a bit too much.
The story is about two Indian rock stars and runs parallel with the tale of Orpheus in the underworld. One of the rock stars dies at some point and the other tries to get her back from the dead. The result is a story that's set around the interconnection of two similar but different parallel worlds that are about to clash on a subconscious but, over time, also physical level.
Of these worlds, the book is set in a world that is not "ours", but, supposedly, the parallel one. For example, the US doesn't fight in Vietnam but in Indochina; Kennedy doesn't get killed, Madonna is a music critic, etc.
Although I probably missed a lot of references, his tale seems to be pretty obvious. Nevertheless, he also seems to be trying too hard, making the whole book a bit too much.
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