Shame
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A darkly satirical work of postcolonial fiction, Shame chronicles the turbulent history of a fictional nation unmistakably mirroring Pakistan, weaving together the rival dynasties of the Hyder and Harappa families in a tale of power, corruption, and moral collapse. Rushdie constructs a world where the twin forces of shame and shamelessness drive his characters to acts of violence, political betrayal, and self-destruction, illustrating how entire societies can be held hostage by these primal emotions. Written with the same exuberant, myth-laden prose that defines his broader body of work, the novel presents a biting indictment of military dictatorship and patriarchal oppression, filtered through the lens of magical realism. At its center stands Omar Khayyam Shakil, a man born of three mothers and destined to orbit the lives of the powerful, and the haunting figure of Sufiya Zinobia, whose body becomes a vessel for the collective shame her society refuses to acknowledge. Bold, inventive, and unflinching, Shame stands as one of the most important political novels of the twentieth century.
Author: Salman Rushdie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Alfred A. Knopf
Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A darkly satirical work of postcolonial fiction, Shame chronicles the turbulent history of a fictional nation unmistakably mirroring Pakistan, weaving together the rival dynasties of the Hyder and Harappa families in a tale of power, corruption, and moral collapse. Rushdie constructs a world where the twin forces of shame and shamelessness drive his characters to acts of violence, political betrayal, and self-destruction, illustrating how entire societies can be held hostage by these primal emotions. Written with the same exuberant, myth-laden prose that defines his broader body of work, the novel presents a biting indictment of military dictatorship and patriarchal oppression, filtered through the lens of magical realism. At its center stands Omar Khayyam Shakil, a man born of three mothers and destined to orbit the lives of the powerful, and the haunting figure of Sufiya Zinobia, whose body becomes a vessel for the collective shame her society refuses to acknowledge. Bold, inventive, and unflinching, Shame stands as one of the most important political novels of the twentieth century.