Grimus
Written by Salman Rushdie
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
3.5/5
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Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is the author of many acclaimed novels, including Midnight’s Children (winner of the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and The Sea of Stories, The Moor’s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, and Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights—and a collection of short stories: East, West. He has also published works of nonfiction, including Joseph Anton (a memoir of his life under the fatwa issued after the publication of The Satanic Verses), The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, and Step Across This Line—and co-edited the anthologies, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Stories. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.
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Reviews for Grimus
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It should be pointed out that Flapping Eagle was averagely kind and good; but he would soon be responsible for a large number of deaths. He was also as sane as the next man, but then the next man was Mr Virgil Jones.I could have sworn that I read this book back in the year dot when I first acquired it, but apparently not. I must have been thinking of another book altogether, as the plot was all completely new to me and not about a shepherd boy on a quest at all.This is the story of Flapping Eagle's quest for mortality. Hundreds of years after drinking a liquid that made him immortal, he is bored with life and wants to start ageing again, so he starts looking for the mysterious peddler who gave him the bottle before leaving with his sister. an old acquaintance directs him to an island where immortals go to live when they are tired of living in the ever-changing world of mortal men, but he finds a place of stagnation and fear whose inhabitants live in the past as much as possible.An interesting story, but for some reason it didn't really appeal, so I'm only giving it six stars.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm always fascinated with first novels: how the author tries so hard to make an impression; the youthful indiscretions; the eccentricities; the fabulous plots. Rushdie's first has all of these and more. It has a story that cannot be summarised easily without recourse to trite and inaccurate cliches, and it is one of the most inventive pieces I've ever seen. I can't wait to read more.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This being the sixth of Rushdie's novels that I have read, I had already made my mind up that I was going to like it. It is the first one that he wrote, and differs from the other ones I have read in not at all involving India. It has a more science fiction slant than his others, while being roughly identifiable in its magical realism tones consistent in his other works. This is one of the things that I like his books for, though it does not seem to be quite as pronounced here. I wanted to like this book, though I had heard it was his worse one. The story is quite unusual, and may not appeal as readily to those who have enjoyed any of his other works as most of the other ones they have not read would, due to its Sci-Fi, non contemporary setting. I wasn't disappointed to have read it, but I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as any of his other books. Many of the things that make his other books so good are present here, but in a lesser quantity. I would not reccommend it readily to a first time Rushdie reader, as it may put them off, unless they were into Science Fiction, (which I am certainly not). The plot is sound, and I was pleased with the ending, but the depth and splendour of imagination found in the Satanic Verses, my favourite so far, was not here.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was Salman Rushdie's first novel and it shows in that it's far less polished than his later works. The plot is a bit confusing at times and the characters are impossible to empathize with, but there's nevertheless an interesting story presented here.If you're looking for a better example of Rushdie's writing, go for Midnight's children. If you're just a crazy Rushdie fanatic (like me!), then go ahead and read Grimus anyway.