Salman Rushdie
Hardcover | Pages: 380 pages Rating: 3.66 | 7060 Users | 1237 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Golden House |
| Author | : | Salman Rushdie |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 380 pages |
| Published | : | 2017 by Random House |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Literary Fiction |
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On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his king—a queen in want of an heir.Our guide to the Goldens’ world is their neighbor René, an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down.
Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdie’s triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinvention—a powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age.
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| Original Title: | The Golden House |
| ISBN: | 0399592806 (ISBN13: 9780399592805) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/558138/ |
| Literary Awards: | Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018) |
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Ratings: 3.66 From 7060 Users | 1237 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books The Golden House
Die Golden Haus.Salman Rushdie is a very brilliant man. A brilliant author. A man full of wit. A player of words. A great story teller. Perhaps even an elitist if one needed to use that word...when your fellow Americans tell you that knowing things is elitist and they hate elites, and all you have ever had is your mind and you were brought up to believe in the loveliness of knowledge. P. 359But just a few sentences later he writes, Lies can cause tragedies, both on the personal and nationalFor whatever reason, short stories are looked down upon in today's literary world. Nevermind that some of history's greatest authors - from Chekov to Zweig to Hemingway - made their names largely as writers of short stories. And while accomplished novelists occasionally still put out a short story collection, they don't make a habit of it because shorter stories are sneered at by a literary community that believes an author who writes them does so only because he or she can't write a novel. It's
Thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this ARC!I've always had Rushdie in my rear-view mirror it seems. He keeps cropping up everywhere and I always meant to read Satanic Verses for the big hubbub it made back in the day. You know, the whole assassination thing. And yet, I never actually got a round to reading him.And then, out of the blue, I see a chance. Netgalley. I jumped on it and was pleasantly surprised to get it. And then I read my very first Rushdie.Expectations are a tricky thing. I rather
The Golden House doesnt mention Trump by name Rushdie wouldnt give him that satisfaction but theres no doubt about the real identity of the giant victorious green-haired cartoon king. That gothic villain rages around the background of this story, setting the tone for a nation in peril. The narrator howls, The best had lost all conviction, and the worst were filled with passionate intensity and the weakness of the just was revealed by the wrath of the unjust.Speaking of Trumps unlikely
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.The rise and fall of the Golden family, told through the 'post-truth' haze of US culture.With an enigmatic title like that, I had no idea what to expect from Salman Rushdie's latest book. The first few pages, I was still none the wiser - then bam, after twenty pages or so, I was involved - and when I say involved, I mean completely mesmerised.To briefly summarise the book (without giving too much away) - it follows a
4.5 stars'The best had lost all conviction and the worst were filled with passionate intensity'It's been a while since I've enjoyed a Rushdie novel as much as this one. If you're looking, though, for a linear, coherent piece of storytelling (does anyone come to Rushdie for that?) then this might be unsatisfying. Instead it's a brilliant, exuberant piece of writing, all fireworks and brazen juggling of allusions: historical, filmic, literary. From the appropriations of Roman history and culture
The book starts well - good and solid characters, interesting development of the story. Rushdie discusses about identity in many forms - sexual, national. Then there are interesting forms of delivering the story, different types of narration. Ok those were the 2 stars. actually, after 60% of the book, i was convinced this book is a 5 stars one. The problem is, the remaining 40% couldnt save it and actually made the whole story worse. Rushdie literally killed his book. There is so much nonsense
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