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1、NobookinmoderntimeshasmatchedtheuproarsparkedbySalmanRushdie'sTheSatanicVerses,whichearneditsauthoradeathsentence.Furoraside,itisamarvelouslyeruditestudyofgoodandevil,afeastoflanguageservedupbyawriterattheheightofhispowers,andarollickingcomicfable.ThebookbeginswithtwoIndians,
2、GibreelFarishta("forfifteenyearsthebiggeststarinthehistoryoftheIndianmovies")andSaladinChamcha,aBombayexpatriatereturningfromhisfirstvisittohishomelandin15years,plummetingfromtheskyaftertheexplosionoftheirjetliner,andproceedsthroughaseriesofmetamorphoses,dreamsandrevelations.
3、Rushdie'spowersofinventionareastonishinginthisWhitbreadPrizewinner.Satan,beingthusconfinedtoavagabond,wandering,unsettledcondition,iswithoutanycertainabode;forthoughhehas,inconsequenceofhisangelicnature,akindofempireintheliquidwasteorair,yetthisiscertainlypartofhispunishment,
4、thatheis...withoutanyfixedplace,orspace,allowedhimtorestthesoleofhisfootupon.DanielDefoe,_TheHistoryoftheDevil_ITheAngelGibreel1"Tobebornagain,"sangGibreelFarishtatumblingfromtheheavens,"firstyouhavetodie.Hoji!Hoji!Tolanduponthebosomyearth,firstoneneedstofly.Tat-taa!Taka-thun
5、!Howtoeversmileagain,iffirstyouwon'tcry?Howtowinthedarling'slove,mister,withoutasigh?Baba,ifyouwanttogetbornagain..."Justbeforedawnonewinter'smorning,NewYear'sDayorthereabouts,tworeal,full-grown,livingmenfellfromagreatheight,twenty-ninethousandandtwofeet,towardstheEnglishChan
6、nel,withoutbenefitofparachutesorwings,outofaclearsky."Itellyou,youmustdie,Itellyou,Itellyou,"andthuslyandsobeneathamoonofalabasteruntilaloudcrycrossedthenight,"Tothedevilwithyourtunes,"thewordshangingcrystallineintheicedwhitenight,"inthemoviesyouonlymimedtoplaybacksingers,sos
7、paremetheseinfernalnoisesnow."Gibreel,thetunelesssoloist,hadbeencavortinginmoonlightashesanghisimpromptugazal,swimminginair,butterfly-stroke,breast-stroke,bunchinghimselfintoaball,spreadeaglinghimselfagainstthealmost-infinityofthealmost-dawn,adoptingheraldicpostures,rampant,c
8、ouchant,pittinglevityagainstgravity.Nowherolledhappilytowardsthesard
