^ Well, I didn't find Midnight's Children disrespectful toward Islam. I don't think that's his goal. Literature is more complex than that.
I'm not sure what Rage is about.
i kno literature is jus literature, its someones imagination or reasearch at work and readers either relate themselves to it or not.. its jus what we make of it an how we personally relate to it... and despite that it might not be his goal, and my opinions an beiefs r my own, but if a book can somehow change them, then i guess they didnt have a strong enuf foundation hence they were molded into what the writer was tryin to imply because what the wrter says makes more sense.. Personaly i dont see anything wrong with literature that movs u... i thinks it amazing that a book can move u because it it jus that more powerful n beautiful, but then if a book is goin to disrepect my beliefs NOT CHANGE but sheer disrespect, i rathar steer clear from them...
i dont kno what its about.. if its not about disrespecting islam, ill give it a try...
hm. i'll sit this one out then.
It has nothing to do with religion.
It's more about a guy who is so disillusioned with life he has to leave everything behnd, his prfect life his prfect job. HE finds hi,self and looses himself in his rage.
It's a complex journey of self discovery. Religion is not the only subject matter Rushdie touches.
Read what you will but do not judge the literature by the author.
guess it depends on how you view things.
you cannot divorce literature from its source. indulge in that bit of popular culture associated with the man, and you indulge him.
a man who's name stands as an affront to one's religion, regardless of how good his way with words is, in my opinion, doesnt deserve anything but contempt.
im not going to fund his asylum with royalty from my fifteen dollars.
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The books I've loved are : the ground beneath her feet, and Rage. I'd recommend the latter for now though.
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Hiccup, how did you find The Ground Beneath Her Feet. I tried reading it but just couldn't get into the story. I stopped reading it after the first few chapters. I'm assuming the storyline gets better?
I loved it.
u cant say that an authors piece of literature doesnt reflect his beliefs at all.. liek some1 aid above, there is a source to it.. and im not sayin all his books r bashing islam, but the ones that r.. i rathar not read them, call me hypocritical or ignorant, but i jus cant bring myself to read it...
n liek i said, as long as it doesnt disrespct my beliefs, ill give it a shot...
I'm in!
To bring the subject on hand back to the top...what book have we chosen?
i have no cluee...
Salman Rushdie for whatever he may be, was a gifted writer…His Midnight’s Children was a very good and enjoyable read for me…:k::k: from me for the beautiful way in which everything was described in that book…
As for Satanic Verses, I read about 25-30 pages and was very disappointed by two things…First and foremost of course being that he truly insulted Islam and the Holy Prophet :saw:, no doubt about that…Those that I heard say that Islam was not insulted by the Satanic Verses are either non-Muslims, or are Muslims but are so ignorant that they don’t know what they are reading about…
Second thing was the fact that the story was written as if it came from the pen of a Paranoid Schizophrenic…In fact it was so badly written that Nadeem F. Paracha’s Acidity made more sense to me than the drivel that Salman Rushdie put out…I couldn’t believe that the same writer who wrote Midnight’s Children could actually squeeze out such a load of dung…Unbelievable.
batein batein batein !
kuch kar bhi kia karo logon!
fine
choose:
1984 by george Orwell
or rage by Rushdie
I vote rage
1984
callin all tie breakers!!!
1984
well done lajawab. us religious fundamentalists always win in the end.
1984 it is...
Aw man. I missed the vote :(
Oh well, 1984 is a good book. Would love to join in on the discussions.