The world created by Salman Rushdie in this novel lives and breathes love. In the literal sense: without this power — healing and deadly — no movement, no creativity is possible.
The world created by Salman Rushdie in this novel lives and breathes love. In the literal sense: without this power — healing and deadly — no movement, no creativity is possible. The plot focuses on the relationship of three people from Bombay: composer Ormus Kama, his muse and girlfriend, singer Vina Apsara, and photographer Umid Merchant, who has been in love with Vina since childhood. The story, told by Rushdie in his usual manner — slowly, with a mass of juicy, tangible details, alternately turns out to be the story of the great city in which the heroes grew up, then the history of rock music, which they all faithfully serve, then the modern version of the ancient myth of Orpheus descending to hell for his beloved. Possessed with love, Rushdie’s characters energize the reader, giving him a chance to touch what many religions consider the sacred fundamental principle of being.
Amphora, 719 p.