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The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet | Salman Rushdie
25 posts | 28 read | 23 to read
In this remaking of the myth of Orpheus, Rushdie tells the story of Vina Apsara, a pop star, and Ormus Cama, an extraordinary songwriter and musician, who captivate and change the world through their music and their romance. Beginning in Bombay in the fifties, moving to London in the sixties, and New York for the last quarter century, the novel pulsates with a half-century of music and celebrates the power of rock n roll. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Liz_M
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For #TitlesandTunes I may not get to this story of “love, death, and rock 'n' roll“ in July (and save it for August's #AuthorAMonth), but I do want to read it soonish. Who doesn't love an Orfeo retelling?

Too many #sexdrugsandrockandroll songs to choose from, but “Rock and Roll Lifestyle“ by Cake has been stuck in my head for several days now. You're welcome?

@Cinfhen, @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Great choices! I loved that book! 1y
Cinfhen I don‘t know this song…but I love The Distance 1y
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Mccall0113
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I will be posting one book a day from my extensive collection of books. No explanation of why I own this book. I have so many books! Play along. #tbrpile. day #19

Cosmos_Moon_River Ooo, this one has 100%... loved this I read last year by Rushdie - (edited) 4y
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Mitul1
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A masterpiece of story telling!

SW-T A belated welcome to Litsy! #litsywelcomewagon 4y
Mitul1 Thanks! 4y
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LiterRohde
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“A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.”

#QuotsyJuly19 | 26: #Flash

📷: Made with Typorama

Megabooks Nice quote!! 5y
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Shamzi
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Sunshine and goooood company!!!

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Shamzi
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#worldbookday our little universe!!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great shelf! 6y
Shamzi @Riveted_Reader_Melissa thank you, I had it specially made when we renovated our house a few years back!!! 6y
Nute Nice! 6y
Shamzi @Nute thank you!! 6y
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Shamzi

I am halfway through the book and the last 30-35 pages were filled with sad moments, and one thing that makes it even more disheartening is the beautiful writing. You could almost feel the pain, sense of loss and loneliness of the characters.

I like that the central characters have such unique names- Ormus Cama, Vina Apsara, Umeed Merchant

BTW Umeed means hope in English

Naj I started this last year and abandoned at around the halfway mark because I got bored and thought the story was going nowhere. Does it get better? The writing is brilliant though. 6y
Shamzi I am halfway through too so can't really say if it gets better, I am really enjoying the writing more than the story, and almost all the characters and not just the central ones have a story arc, which is one of the highlight of this book!!! 6y
Shamzi @Naj plus I switch to a different book which I reading in parallel with this one when I get bored 😀😀😀 6y
Naj Somehow I missed that you were halfway through in your original post, my bad 🙈. Yeah, the story does drag a bit. Hope it gets better, looking forward to your review. 6y
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Shamzi
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Nothing to add here, these are beautiful lines!!!

Nute Stacking! It‘s writing like this...such wisdom...that draws me to this author. 6y
Shamzi @Nute Yes he is a really good writer!!! 6y
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Shamzi
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"the best in our nature is drowning in the worst"
It takes a beat to understand it. This book is going to take a long time to finish, but it is really good!!!

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Shamzi
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"In spite of all the evidence that life is discontinous, a valley of rift, and that random chance plays a great part in our fates, we go on believing in the continuity of things,in causation & meaning,But we live on a broken mirror,and fresh cracks appear in its surface every day"

Have only read Salman Rushdie once a long time ago, so far first 50 pages have been really beautiful & full of insight, loved these lines, will post more as I read more

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Shamzi
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Went a little stir crazy at the fair, had what you call a #bookhaul ( never new that this was a thing) and love the complimentary stickers!!!

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umbrellagirl
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@DivaDiane this book was amazing! #2x2giveaway

DivaDiane Thanks for entering!!! I‘ll put that on my (as always) ever growing #MountTBR 6y
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Jas16
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When the sun hits my shelves my books with metallic covers #shine. #tuneintonovember

Centique Did you like this one? It‘s on my TBR. 7y
Jas16 @Centique I have not read it yet. 7y
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Jas16
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I have many more covers with gold on my shelves than with silver so I chose one of each for #goldandsilver #fallintobooks

charissharpe LOVED The Ground Beneath Her Feet 7y
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LauraBeth
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1. Discuss with the husband traveling somewhere to see U2 ✅
2. Listen to some U2 to convince him ✅
3. Play The Ground Beneath Her Feet ✅
4. Recall that this was on a movie soundtrack ✅
5. Google it to remember which movie ✅
6. Discover that Salman Rushdie is credited with lyrics ✅
7. Further discover that the song is lifted from a Rushdie book by the same name ✅
8. Learn something new everyday ✅

saresmoore The more you know... 💫 7y
Redjewel_7734 Great book!!! 7y
cariashley Such a great book!! 7y
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LeahBergen Cool! 7y
MMFinck :) 7y
minkyb That is all good to know! 7y
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Redjewel_7734
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Time to catch up on my #riotgrams! Here's my first attempt at #bookface ☺& I really need to reread this book sometime 🤓

Lmstraubie That came out GREAT! 8y
Redjewel_7734 @Lmstraubie Thanx!!! 🤓🤓🤓 8y
vivastory What is your favorite Rushdie? 8y
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Redjewel_7734 @vivastory This is the only one I've read so far, but I have two more on my TBR that I want to get to soon. ☺ 8y
LeahBergen @vivastory Midnight's Children. ❤❤❤ 8y
vivastory @LeahBergen I have yet to read "Midnight's Children." I'm hoping to remedy that soon 8y
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GoneFishing

Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.

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SistaPip
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From anxiety comes order 😜🤓 Wish I had more gold books.

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cykitan

The more I see of the West, he says, the more I realize that the best things in life come from the East.

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cykitan
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In both Rushdie novels I've read, there has been this tension between the inside and the outside.

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cykitan
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Rushdie is never an easy read, but he'll throw dumb laughs in once in a while.

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Yamich49
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Another successful used bookstore trip! Was not expecting to find so many good books - spent a bit too much but oh well! :)

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Brea.Lawbirds
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Their curled bodies are a pair of question marks at the end of the puzzling sentence of the day

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SistaPip
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My first Rushdie, blew my mind -- a whole new way of thinking and speaking, relating, writing and storytelling -- kind of like my first Tom Robbins, but on crack.

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Hannahhowl
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My heart broke open and history fell in.

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