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Sandy
Feb 10, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
This is my first Rushdie novel and it's a retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. I would have given it 5 stars on the first half but the main characters kind of annoyed me in the middle of it so I gave it 4 stars (it got better again after that middle section). The three main characters are Ormus Cama (brilliant rock star and bit of a nutter, Orpheus character), Vina Apsara (brilliant rock star, Eurydice character) and the narrator, Rai Merchant (photographer and friend of Ormus and Vina). ...more
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Smarti
Feb 12, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001-books, romaneab1900
Ein wirklich hypnotisches Lese-erlebnis. Eine Liebesgeschichte, die drei Kontinente umspannt und nebenbei noch eine Geschichte der Musik des 20ten Jahrhunderts. Es geht um Star-Kult, falsche Freunde, wahre Liebe und und und. Die Geschichte enhält auch viele mythologische Referenzen und die Liebesgeschichte der beiden Pop-Helden Ormus Carma und Vina ist eine Abwandlung der Geschichte von Orpheus und Euridike.
Dieses Buch war zugänglicher - und deshalb für mich besser - als die Satanischen Verse. ...more
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Terri
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Oct 22, 2008 rated it liked it
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Nov 12, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 17, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Dec 25, 2011 rated it did not like it
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Apr 13, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 14, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Michelle
Dec 12, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 26, 2023 marked it as to-read
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