{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour-salman-rushdie-9781529968842","title":"The Eleventh Hour (Salman Rushdie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Boisterous... Full of panache' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, 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\u003e These 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\u003e \u003cb\u003e'One of the most important voices in contemporary literature' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exuberant' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Salman Rushdie is a genius' A.M. Homes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Entertaining and winningly heartfelt' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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), B-format paperback, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65813301199197,"sku":"K010814189","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1081418900001A.jpg?v=1788540495","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-eleventh-hour-salman-rushdie-9781529968842","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}