Shame: A NovelMacmillan, 2000 - 307 pages Winner of the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger In his brilliant third novel, first published in 1983, Salman Rushdie gives us a lively and colorful mixture of history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country "not quite Pakistan," the story centers around the family of two men—one a celebrated warrior, the other a debauched playboy—engaged in a protracted duel that is played out in the political landscape of their country. |
Table des matières
ESCAPES FROM THE MOTHER COUNTRY | 1 |
The DumbWaiter | 3 |
A Necklace of Shoes | 19 |
Melting Ice | 39 |
THE DUELLISTS | 53 |
Behind the Screen | 55 |
The Wrong Miracle | 69 |
Affairs of Honour | 90 |
Beauty and the Beast | 151 |
IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY | 183 |
Alexander the Great | 185 |
The Woman in the Veil | 207 |
Monologue of a Hanged Man | 233 |
Stability | 254 |
JUDGMENT DAY | 281 |
Acknowledgments | |
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