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Esta es la historia de Saleem Sinai, nacido en Bombay al filo de la medianoche del 15 de agosto de 1947, en el momento mismo en que la India, entre fuegos artificiales y multitudes, alcanza su independencia. El destino de Saleem queda inexorablemente unido al de su país, y sus peripecias personales reflejarán siempre la evolución política de la India o serán reflejadas por ella. Hijos de la medianoche es una asombrosa novela que combina magistralmente magia y humor, compromiso político, fantasía y humanidad.

Brought to you by Penguin. From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him Speaking out for the first time, and in...

Educación gratuita y del mejor nivel para cualquiera y en cualquier lugar. La escuela del mundo es una visión radical del futuro de la educación y, al mismo tiempo, la historia personal de un hombre que ha apostado por el aprendizaje personalizado, la interacción humana y el pensamiento...

Por primera vez, y con una franqueza conmovedora, Rushdie habla sobre los traumáticos acontecimientos vividos el 12 de agosto de 2022, respondiendo con la fuerza del arte a la violencia ejercida contra él, y recordándonos el poder que tienen las palabras para otorgar sentido a lo impensable.

Nella più triste delle città, così triste da aver persino dimenticato il proprio nome, vivono il cantastorie Rashid Khalifa, lo Scià del Bla-bla, e suo figlio Harun. Rashid è dotato del magico dono di saper raccontare, incantando con la sua voce chi lo ascolta. Non appena schiude le labbra, ne sgorgano saghe piene d'amore e di magia, con eroi, battaglie, principesse... Finché un giorno dalla bocca dello Scià del Bla-bla non esce che un orribile verso.

Salman Rushdie è stato giustamente definito "un maestro della narrazione perpetua", capace di illuminare molte verità sulla nostra società e sulla nostra cultura con la sua prosa affascinante e spesso tagliente. In questa ricchissima raccolta sono stati riuniti saggi, interventi, conferenze e altri materiali estremamente suggestivi che si concentrano sul suo rapporto con la parola scritta e che lo confermano, se ancora ce ne fosse bisogno, come uno dei pensatori più originali del nostro tempo.

Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 14th-15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations. From that moment on, his fate is mysteriously handcuffed to the history of his country. But Saleem's story starts almost 30 years earlier, when his grandfather, Dr Aadam Aziz, falls in love with a woman concealed behind a perforated sheet. That pivotal moment in Kashmir in 1919 sparks a series of bizarre events that will lead to the birth of a boy with an extraordinary destiny.

Un avión secuestrado estalla a gran altura sobre el canal de la Mancha. Dos supervivientes caen al mar: Gibrel Farishta, un legendario galán cinematográfico, y Saladin Chamcha, el hombre de las mil voces, autodidacta y anglófilo furibundo. Consiguen llegar a una playa inglesa y notan unos extraños cambios: uno ha adquirido una aureola y el otro ve con horror cómo crece el vello de sus piernas, los pies se le convierten en cascos y las sienes se abultan...

Brought to you by Penguin. She will breathe a new empire into life – but all worlds can escape their creator… In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. Pampa Kampana becomes a...

The rain in Aloisville is never-ending, and no one can remember when it started. There's not much they can remember. With every drop that hits their skin, a bit of memory is washed away. Stay too long in the wet, and you'll lose everything you used to be. By the time Laverne begins keeping a journal, the small town she calls home has been irreparably changed. Every drop of water is dangerous, from leaky faucets to the near-constant rainfall, and a careless trip outside can mean a life down the drain.

Mr. Rushdie, the author of Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, reads from his newest novel, Shalimar the Clown.

A raíz de una insignificante batalla entre dos reinos anclados en el olvido de la India del siglo XIV, una niña de nueve años tieneun inesperado encuentro que cambiará el curso de la historia. Tras presenciar la muerte de su madre, la niña, Pampa Kampana, seconvierteen receptáculo de una diosa que empieza a hablar por su boca. La diosa le otorga poderes que escapan a la comprensión de PampaKampana y le confía que vaaser fundamental en la erección de una gran ciudad llamada Bisnaga, literalmente “ciudad de la victoria”, la maravilla del mundo.

The author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses talks with Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) about his long-anticipated, enthralling and provocative new memoir of his exile under the fatwa that sentenced him to death in 1989.

Tras el ataque sufrido en 2022, en el que casi pierde la vida y que relató en su anterior libro, Cuchillo, «nuestro Scheherazade»—como lo llamó Ursula K. Le Guin—regresa a la ficción. En estos cinco relatos, la desbordante imaginación de Salman Rushdie adopta un tono crepuscular. Vuelve a sus orígenes, a las calles del Bombay de Hijos de la medianoche, donde se reencuentra con viejos personajes de la novela de 1981, y completa un recorrido por los tres países donde ha vivido: India, Inglaterra y Estados Unidos.

Yoga gegen Rechts vereint Kurzgeschichten mit trockenem Humor, bissigen Dialogen und messerscharfen Beobachtungen. Mit satirischem Scharfsinn und viel Selbstironie entlarvt Patrick Salmen die pathologischen Züge achtsamkeitsbesessener Stadtneurotiker, denn niemand weiß so gut wie der Dortmunder Comedian, dass einem das Gegenüber oft nur deshalb so schräg vorkommt, weil man gerade in einen Spiegel schaut.

சல்மாவின் நாவல் முழுமையாகப் பெண்ணுலகத்தால் நிரம்பியிருக்கிறது. புற உலகம் அறியாத பெண்களின் உள் உலகத்தை...

இந்நாவலில் நாயகர்கள் / நாயகிகள் / வில்லன்கள் என எவருமில்லை. அந்த விதத்தில் மிகவும் ஜனநாயகப் பண்பு கொண்டதாக...

Marriage is a natural developmental stage for most adults but the process of getting married and achieving a successful, long-lasting marriage can be fraught with challenges for Muslims in North America. The authors, Salma Elkadi Abugideiri and Imam Mohamed Hag Magid, present a unique approach that reflects 40 years of combined experience in counseling couples.

Il quintetto di racconti che compone L'undicesima ora ci offre una caleidoscopica quanto affascinante esplorazione della vita, della morte e di ciò che viene messo a fuoco quando ci si trova alle prese con l'atto finale della nostra vicenda umana. Nel sud narra di una coppia di anziani litigiosi, Junior e Senior, e della loro personalissima tragedia privata che si consuma nel bel mezzo di un momento di calamità nazionale.

This little book discusses paths to address environmental conflicts based on a restorative justice perspective of imagining, practicing, and living justice. It proposes an approach that understands the relationship between humankind and environment beyond the narrow conception of homo economicus, considering the human beings in their social, political, economic, historic, spiritual, cognitive, emotional, aesthetic, and ecological dimensions, as well as in their connection with nature and non-human entities.