Reading Rushdie

I've started reading another Salman Rushdie. I got it from a friend, and it's not that easy to pick up and glance over. For one thing, you have to read each and every word, else you'll lose track of the gist of Rushdie's humour and wit. I like reading Rushdie - this is my sixth Salman Rushdie, after Midnight's Children (awesome 1981), Haroun and the Sea of Stories (really good 1990), East ,West (1994), and Shalimar the Clown (2005), The Enchantress of Florence (2008).

I picked up my first Salman Rushdie in 2001 while on vacation in Paris. I was staying at one of my family friend's places, and they had a copy of Haroun and the Sea of Stories. That is one book that I would recommend to all young people - it's cute and witty and lovely to read.

Midnight's Children I finished two years back while in Ludhiana. I liked the book - some portions were brilliant. I even liked Shalimar the Clown and East, West. I didn't like The Enchantress of Florence so much though - in fact, I thought that Rushdie may be beginning to lose his touch after that one.

I started to read Shame, but I misplaced my copy and never got around to finding it again. Currently I'm reading Satanic Verses and courtesy the Internet, it is easier to read. I can imagine though why it has been banned from being sold in various countries though. Some of the contents are simply blasphemous.