Grimus
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover.
Salman Rushdie's debut novel, Grimus, is a wildly ambitious work of fantasy and magical realism that announces the arrival of one of literature's most dazzling imaginations. The novel chronicles the journey of Flapping Eagle, a Native American man granted immortality who wanders the earth for centuries before discovering the mysterious island of Calf Island, dominated by the enigmatic figure of Grimus. Drawing on Persian Sufi poetry — most notably Farid ud-Din Attar's The Conference of the Birds — Rushdie constructs a labyrinthine allegorical universe brimming with philosophical inquiry, dark humour, and surreal invention. The narrative uncovers the cost of immortality and the human hunger for meaning, identity, and belonging with both wit and metaphysical depth. Praised by Ursula Le Guin as a fireworks of a book: beautiful, funny and endlessly surprising, Grimus remains a bold, genre-defying achievement that rewards adventurous readers.
Author: Salman Rushdie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, The Overlook Press
Genre: Fantasy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover.
Salman Rushdie's debut novel, Grimus, is a wildly ambitious work of fantasy and magical realism that announces the arrival of one of literature's most dazzling imaginations. The novel chronicles the journey of Flapping Eagle, a Native American man granted immortality who wanders the earth for centuries before discovering the mysterious island of Calf Island, dominated by the enigmatic figure of Grimus. Drawing on Persian Sufi poetry — most notably Farid ud-Din Attar's The Conference of the Birds — Rushdie constructs a labyrinthine allegorical universe brimming with philosophical inquiry, dark humour, and surreal invention. The narrative uncovers the cost of immortality and the human hunger for meaning, identity, and belonging with both wit and metaphysical depth. Praised by Ursula Le Guin as a fireworks of a book: beautiful, funny and endlessly surprising, Grimus remains a bold, genre-defying achievement that rewards adventurous readers.