{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour-salman-rushdie-1","title":"The Eleventh Hour (Salman Rushdie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Salman Rushdie is a genius' A.M. Homes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home - India, England and America - and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it? How can we bid farewell to the places that we have made home? \u003ci\u003eThe Eleventh Hour\u003c\/i\u003e ponders life and death, legacy and identity with the penetrating insight and boundless imagination that have made Salman Rushdie one of the most celebrated writers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rushdie's wry sense of mischief remains undimmed' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, *Books of the Year*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most important voices in contemporary literature' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rushdie has not just enlarged literature's capacities, he has expanded the world's imaginative possibilities' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e - for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary - \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuichotte\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVictory City\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eKnife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade paperback (UK), Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63380819018077,"sku":"K098108927","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/215539-9810892700001A.jpg?v=1770790426","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-eleventh-hour-salman-rushdie-1","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}