| Authors@Google: Salman Rushdie |
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The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a
woman attempting to command her own destiny
in a man's world. It is the story of two
cities, unknown to each other, at the height
of their powers--the hedonistic Mughal
capital, in which the brilliant Akbar the
Great wrestles daily with questions of
belief, desire, and the treachery of his
sons, and the equally sensual city of
Florence during the High Renaissance, where
Niccolò Machiavelli takes a starring role as
he learns, the hard way, about the true
brutality of power.
Salman Rushdie is the author of nine previous
novels, including Midnight's Children (which
was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981 and, in
1993, was judged to be the "Booker of
Bookers," the best novel to have won that
prize in its first twenty-five years) and The
Satanic Verses (winner of the Whitbread Prize
for Best Novel). He is also the author of a
book of stories, East, West, and three works
of nonfiction---Imaginary Homelands, The
Jaguar Smile, and The Wizard of Oz. He is
co-editor of Mirrorwork, an anthology of
contemporary Indian writing.
This event took place on June 18, 2008, as a
part of the Authors@Google series.
Tags : salman rushdie akbar india florence renaissance literature 16th century medicis mughals |
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