About “Shame”
Set in contemporary Pakistan, this 1983 novel by Salman Rushdie portrays a country marked by a great divide between rich and poor, power struggles, political intrigue, and corruption as daily occurrences.
Praise for “Shame”
“[Rushdie’s] novels pour by in a sparkling, voracious onrush . . . each paragraph luxurious and delicious.”
“A pitch-black comedy of public life and its historical imperatives.”
“There can seldom have been so robust and baroque an incarnation of the political novel as Shame. It can be read as a fable, polemic, or excoriation; as history or as fiction. . . . This is the novel as myth and as satire.”
Book details
- Published
- 2008
- Latest edition
- 2008 · ISBN 9780812976700
- ISBN
- 9780812976700
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| Cover | Edition | Year | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shame | 2008 | 9780812976700 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shame | 2008 | 9780812976700 | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Shame | 2000 | 9780312270933 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shame | 1997 | 0805053107 | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Shame | 1997 | 0805053107 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shame | 1995 | 0099578611 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Shame | 1989 | 9780679722045 | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Shame | 1985 | 0394534085 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shame | 1984 | 0394726650 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Shame | 1983 | 0224029525 | Buy on Amazon |
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is Shame?
Shame by Salman Rushdie has 320 pages.
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