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Lewontin is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished evolutionary biologists of our time. He has contributed to science not only by his own work on evolutionary theory and molecular variation and by his influence on the many young scientists who have worked with him, but also by asking us to think about the relationships between the science we do and the world we do it in. This collection of essays is produced in honor of Lewontin's 65th birthday. This unique volume offers comprehensive coverage of modern evolutionary genetics from molecules to morphology by a group of star authors, including his students and colleagues. Sciences in general, and the life sciences in particular, need their own critic, and Lewontin has been an untiring critic of science and its relevance to society. This volume brings out the central role of evolutionary genetics in all aspects of its connection to evolutionary biology and is a must for all graduate students and researchers in evolutionary biology.

Evolutionary Genetics: From Molecules to Morphology

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The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist)
Salman Rushdie
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No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which earned its author a death sentence. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable. The book begins with two Indians, Gibreel Farishta ("for fifteen years the biggest star in the history of the Indian movies") and Saladin Chamcha, a Bombay expatriate returning from his first visit to his homeland in 15 years, plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their jetliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations. Rushdie's powers of invention are astonishing in this Whitbread Prize winner.

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Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two figures, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow-covered sands of an English beach, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations.

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Yaar, what happens when you win?.......2007-10-10

I am of the belief that Ruhullah Khomeini made his infamous fatwa against Rushdie (and this novel) based on one line in the book: "when the aga khan drinks wine, it turns to water in his mouth." This is a direct mocking of Ruhullah Khomeini and probably was the real reason for the fatwa. Khomeini fiercely wanted to be the grand marja' of every shia; he worked to gain supreme power in the form of a theocratic revolutionary. I believe Rushdie's comment was probably more stinging to his assumed authority than anything else in the novel. Picking on Islam would have united people under Khomeini (uniting against a common enemy), but attacking Khomeini would usurp his power and divide his support base.

This is not to say that the book does not have plenty of subtle and intertwined criticisms and twists on the Islamic faith. To understand these moments in the book the reader does need a fairly large knowledge of Islam. There aren't direct and pointed attacks, they are more so the settings of scenes, the ruminations of characters (particularly Salman the Persian). Many of these episodes which display twists on early Islamic history are presented as in a dream by a crazed Indian actor, Gibreel Farishta. So Rushdie never goes so far as to suggest that any of these sequences is even possibly true.

But to balance the above, are moments where faith and willing suspension of disbelief courageously overcome and succeed. Magical experiences which suggest that those who mock religion are actually the fools.

Rushdie's writing style can be a bit difficult, but once you get used to it, its very melodic and rich. The reader gets the feeling that Rushdie never rushes (!) his prose; there is never a hurried sense to his narrative. Aside from religious content, sex and violence are topics that are, if not explicitly detailed out, present continually through the book. The book isn't for easily disturbed readers.

Weirdest Book I Ever Tried To Read!.......2007-10-09

I tried to read this book,but only got as far as the 3rd. or 4th page,besides being totally weird and uninteresting, when I came upon the second incidence of cursing in these few pages,I knew that as a Christian,this book wasn't worth it!

I couldn't put it down........2007-09-12

I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but this book and the writing of Salman Rusdie drew me in and I couldn't put it down. I promptly bought two more of his books.

Luxurious, blasphemous, and brilliant.......2007-08-10

I tried to think up an apt analogy to describe Rushdie's Satanic Verses, and the best I could come up with was watching a fireworks show explode into a thousand brilliantly streaming fireballs away from the center, then watching it in reverse as those streamers are brought back, flaming all the way, to the point of explosion. Each fireball of prose (or poetry or stage directions) blasts out from the story, seemingly on its own, only to be cleverly ushered back to the storyline, building a larger and more intricate story as it goes along. The words are a pleasure to read. They are luxurious, never spare. For the writing alone, I would give this 5 stars.

The topics that Rushdie approaches are broad and interesting. His use of "thesis + antithesis = synthesis" works well to bring all aspects of his thought to the fore. He is especially interested in purity vs. impurity and steadfastness vs. compromise. There are no villains, as such, in this story; there is only each person's struggle with themselves.

What we are led to discover is that purity and steadfastness obviously lead to suffering, that there is no solace either in impurity (mixing of cultures/dogma) and compromise. If any option leads us to pain, then what sort of choice have we been given?

Gibreel Farishta, a Bollywood megastar, represents the purity that Rushdie seeks to show. Though surfacely he may seem to be wholly entrenched in Western culture, his roots lie in his Indian heritage and he approaches everything from that angle. Even in his relationship with English Ice Queen Alleluia Cone, he never sacrifices his Indianness to make things easier with her.

On the other hand, Compromise is embodied in Saladin Chamcha, an Indian immigrant to England who has thrown away his heritage in order to become "more civilized" in the Western world. For him, his roots are something to be shunned, and in this drive to be un-Indian, he adopts a totally English posture.

The examination of immigrant attitudes is an enormously interesting aspect of the story, and Rushdie does a great job of bringing out the good and bad of each man's approach to their home culture and adopted culture.

As we are all aware, Rushdie was the target of a fatwa for his blasphemous depiction of a compromising and waffling and altogether unappealing Mohammed (Mahound, in the book). Taken on its own, the substory of Mahound and the Satanic Verses is lively and appealing, but the reader ought to also consider Rushdie's point that men are weaker and more likely to compromise than women, who are stronger and more steadfast in their beliefs. The substory of Mahound is played off against the substory of Ayesha who is offered similar choices as Mahound and takes a different tack, with very different results.

This is a thoughtful, well written, sometimes hilarious investigation into good and evil. I'm looking forward to reading it again soon.

a complex story with ingested criticism.......2007-07-29

The author is an expert when providing criticism that is interwoven into his narrative. I was drawn to this book bcause I read his short stories and because of the criticism by certain religious groups. What I find most interesting is that this book is not easy to read and the remarks he makes are not blatant. More than anything, you can easily find yourself bored at times when reading this book. No author in the world should be able to trigger any group this literally. ---Get something else to do. Go to a movie. Get laid. There is nothing here that couldnt be discounted the same way as changing the channel on the TV.

The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West

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The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West
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Views the outcry over Rushdie in a larger geopolitical context.......2005-09-20

THE RUSHDIE AFFAIR is Daniel Pipes' analysis of the uproar by Muslims over Salman Rushdie's novel THE SATANIC VERSES from mid-1988 to March 1989, with especial attention on Ayatollah Khomeini's death fatwa and the resulting diplomatic fallout. Though the book was published in early 1990 and so lacks a long-term view of the matter, it is still a valuable and informative historical document.

Pipes explains how the novel is offensive to Muslims, explicating its references to the founding of Islam which the average Western reader wouldn't grasp, as well as Khomeini's edict and voices of support and dissent with it. The second part of the book is an examination of larger issues evoked by the novel's reception, namely the relationship between Iran and the West, the efficacy or lack thereof of censorship and, quite pertinent to our times sixteen years later, the matter of Muslim communities living in the West. Pipes asks if perhaps the greatest danger against speech isn't far-off pariah states like Iran, but rather Muslim communities in Europe which refuse to integrate and wish to eradicate all opposition to Islam and its sharia law in the society around them.

It is clear right away that Pipes has little sympathy for Rushdie. In the short biography of the author, Rushdie is described as a haughty intellectual, an elitist, an a nihilistic Leftist. I thought this was unfair, and showed the author to have little understanding or appreciation of the literary art. However, Pipes' low view of Rushdie allows him to consider in greater depth the question of whether Rushdie deserved the criticism and fatwa. Ultimately, what Pipes feels about the matter is simple bafflement, because the Muslim world during the 20th century tolerated writers and intellectuals who said far worse things about Islam than Rushdie, and there's no real reason why Rushdie should have been singled out for such a great outcry.

The book is informative, but more on its coverage of international relations than any insights on the literary world. If you haven't read THE SATANIC VERSES yet, don't try Pipes' book, because you've been missing out on an entertaining and truly marvelous novel, and it will be baffling to read about a controversy over a book you know nothing about yet. The book may be worth flipping through if you're curious about why Rushdie's novel sparked such a reaction.

More Serious Than an Affair.......2005-01-18

This book is a must read for anyone contemplating the reading of Salman Rushdie's, "The Satanic Verses." It places into perspective an insight into all of the hoopla.

Salman Rushdie wrote a little book back in 1988 that literally placed his head on a platter. Was it literature or blasphemy against the Islamic religion? The debate continues to this day. In this book Daniel Pipes (author of several books on the Middle East), attempts to explain the controversy that exists around Rushdie's words. The satanic verses are basically a few words referring to the existence of Meccan goddesses and whether or not they were acknowledged by the Prophet Muhammad. Apparently historical beliefs exist that suggest the possibility of Muhammad being coerced by nobles to recognize their idols/goddesses in exchange for a chance to continue preaching within their vicinity without restrictions. The problem with this theory is that it then makes the religion of Islam non-existent as a faith because it goes against the monotheistic belief that Islam is based upon and also suggests that Muhammad wrote the Holy Qur'an as a human being and not as an inspired prophet of God. Rushdie ran into trouble when he wrote an extremely blasphemous novel based on these controversial verses and basically laughed into the face of the Islamic faith ruffling some very fundamentalist feathers along the way.

Daniel Pipe brings a relatable book to the table which explains how Rushdie, the Ayatollah and the West started and resolved the controversy surrounding, "The Satanic Verses." What was once a complicated issue now seems entirely explainable from all fronts due to this book by Pipes. Rushdie is explained as a highly educated man who spends his life basically making a mockery of many things with an intellectual snobbery and seemingly massive ego. However Rushdie has a right to freedom of speech that is without question, but was that right taken to extremes in order to create a platform for infamy? In my opinion Rushdie knew exactly what he was creating and in fact weathered the storm quite well while receiving a mountain of publicity and notoriety that quite possibly the novel on its own doesn't stand up to. I believe the average reader would not be able to relate to Rushdie's weighty style and cultural references and that had the uproar been non-existent the novel would be relegated to the discount book pile and soon forgotten. Rushdie has great marketing skills but at what price?

So why such a violent response? Pipes writes a thorough explanation as to why the Ayatollah decreed a fatwa against Rushdie and his publishers. In the western world this action appears rather harsh but in the Islamic tradition of punishment towards individuals who blaspheme God it was merely an action supported by a law most westerners do not understand. Call it cultural divide if you will with a huge exclamation point! And so it goes. This book provides additional insight into the ever present differences between the Middle East and the Western world and continues to pertain to modern issues as well. From a tolerant God stems the intolerance of man and his religions. After reading this book you might begin to understand the serious faith of the Islamic world and the laws they live by. Although we live in a complicated world taking a step towards understanding one another can begin with well-rounded explanations such as those found within this book by Daniel Pipe. The ideas are multifaceted but very necessary to contemplate in order to be a citizen of the world today.

For anyone seeking a better understanding contemporary Islam.......2003-07-26

Now in an updated and expanded second edition, The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, The Ayatollah, And The West by Daniel Pipes (Director of the Middle East Forum and a columnist for the "New York Post" and the "Jerusalem Post", studies the events that played out when Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses" was denounced by Muslim clerics as blasphemous to Islam, resulting in a confrontation that led to an Iranian edict demanding the execution of the author. Scrutinizing not only modern history, but also what it shows about further relations between different nations and world views, The Rushdie Affair is a informed and informative account which is very highly recommended for anyone seeking a better understanding contemporary Islam in general, and this defining controversy in particular.

Full of insights.......2001-11-14

Here is one example: the title of Rushdie's book. Pipes explains that while in English "the Satanic verses" is a plain ordinary phrase that refers to an embaraasing event in Islamic history, this phrase is not used in Arabic. Most Muslims won't recognize the event by that designation; Muslims call it something quite different. But when "verses" is translated into Arabic the word used refers specifically to Quranic verses. So the title is translated roughly as "The Satanic Verses of the Quran" or "The Satanic Quran".

Don't assume from this that Pipes if profferring an apologetic. He is not; this book is critical of "fundamentalist Islam". But Pipes is careful to explain how such Muslims think and react.

Flourish in a language lover's paradise.......2001-10-11

Salman Rushdie is brilliant. He knows who to derive from and steal from: James Joyce being one of his main sources. Good for him. If you're going to steal, steal from the best. Joyce's footprints are all over THE SATANIC VERSES. I felt at home. And Rushdie's tough and demanding like Joyce. Even moreso because he's dealing with issues western readers are not familiar with. So you have to go slow and get internet help (plenty available). Slowly, the novel begins to take shape. It's a book of dreams and nightmares bounded by the first and last very moving chapters about Chamcha's domestic crises with his father and ensuing alienation. Chamcha's torn between cultures, a lost searching soul, an alienated man. He's also an intellectual prig who wears many protective masks to conceal his sufferings and with which he explores religious and emotional wanderings. Read the first and last chapters to make contact with the down to earth domestic issues of the novel. Very moving. In between, you have this massive and intensive and witty and funny and dark and brilliant exploration of Muslim religion as seen from a willing/unwilling, searching unbeliever's point of view. He mocks and participates all at the same time. The language is gorgeous because it moves on many levels--from slang to pop to literary to religious, back and forth--and from the point of view of two languages and cultures. At one minute it's blasphemous, at another it's holy...and it's always a rich and makes the reader smile, smile, smile at the author's brilliance and learning. It's linguistic magic. What does it all add up to? You got me. I haven't scratched the surface. It may or may not add up. Talk to me in a year.

An Attempt to Understand the Muslim Reaction to the Satanic Verses (Symposium Series)

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Los Versos Satanicos / The Satanic Verses (Campanas / Bells)

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Excelente.......1999-11-03

Si uno gusta la buena prosa, historias entrecruzadas, citas de excelencia por parte del autor, humor negro, filosofía y un liberalismo intelectual a ultranza, sin duda "Versos Satánicos" es una buena alternativa. Personalmente lo disfruté de principio a fin. El problema es que no cualquier alma atormentada (de esas que leen libros de superación personal creyendo estar a un paso de la erudición) puede hacerle frente a la vorágine de situaciones y pensamientos que Rushdie despiadadamente libera en su obra. Lástima. Lo que si es un hecho: no se detenga en "Versos Satánicos". Rushdie tiene más libros. No sabrá cual es el mejor de todos.

Lo degradante.......1999-09-08

Me gustaría recomendar este libro a personas que tengan su nivel de autoestima por los suelos, ya que este libro es demasiado deprimente y a mi en lo particular me hizo sentir como una cucaracha que sido aplastada por toda la humanidad mas de cuatro veces. Salman es muy buen escritor, pero le falta algo para mantener interesada al lector, ese algo que le sobra a J.J. Benitez, creo que Rushdie tiene el potencial y hasta podría ser mexicano algun día(si le hecha ganas). Obviamente estoy aqui para recomendarles el libro, pero me gustaría serle franco al decirle que no se emocionen demasiado.

The Rushdie Letters: Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Write (Stages)

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The Rushdie Letters: Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Write (Stages)
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In February 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran announced that Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, and "all involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death." Anyone who died in the cause of killing Rushdie, he said, would be "regarded as a martyr and go directly to heaven."

The death sentence—or fatwa—quickly drew blood. Bookshops in London, Oslo, and Sydney were firebombed. Five people were killed and a hundred wounded when demonstrators attacked the U. S. embassy in Islamabad. In Bombay, twelve rioters were shot dead. The Italian translator of The Satanic Verses was stabbed viciously and the Japanese translator was stabbed to death. In Berkeley, bombs were thrown in Cody’s Bookstore and Waldenbooks. Fifth Avenue in New York was sealed off after a bookshop received a bomb threat.

In The Rushdie Letters twenty-six internationally renowned authors respond to the most extreme example of censorship in modern times. Also included is Rushdie’s reply to their letters, his essay on exile, "One Thousand Days in a Balloon," and a chronology of the fatwa.

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Helpful, informative book written by courageous individuals........1997-04-08

I found this book helpful, informative and inspiring. I applaud the courage, spirit and conviction of those who contributed to this volume who spoke up and exercised their international human right of freedom of expression on behalf of Rushdie's own legal right to the same right under international human rights law. May the author Salman Rushdie continue to write award-winning fiction celebrated around the world by discriminating readers and writers and may there always be courageous and conviction-filled individuals who refuse to be intimidated by terrorists and other thugs who commit criminal acts around the world in violation of recognized international legal norms

Salman Rushdie: Midnight's Children-The Satanic Verses

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In this Readers' Guide, David Smale traces the critical reception of this fascinating writer by examining the changing responses to his two best-known works. As a novelist and icon, Rushdie has embraced both 'popular' and 'high' culture; reflecting this, the Guide brings together both academic criticism and journalism to investigate the passions and preoccupations of Rushdie's many critics, steering the reader through the inflamed debates and rhetoric surrounding this much admired but controversial author.

Salman Rushdie: The Essential Guide (Midnight's Children / Shame / The Satanic Verses)

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In Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the writer’s works, together with an in-depth interview relating specifically to the texts under discussion. Each guide deals with the writer’s themes, genre and narrative technique and a close reading will provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.

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Place Of The Sacred: The Rhetoric Of The Satanic Verses Affair

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RUSHDIE, SALMAN (1947 ): An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's
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“Islam and the Muslim World” will help people understand the fastest growing religion in the United States and the dominant religion in a wide area of the rest of the world. This informative and interesting new encyclopedia explores an increasingly important force in the modern world, looking at Islam's role in the modern world, in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries, and contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, and more, filling a need in this key area of religious studies and serving as a resource for those eager to become better informed.

Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses": A Study Guide from Gale's "Novels for Students" (Volume 22, Chapter 10)

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