After waiting what seemed like forever for the Kindle release of "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" I'll admit that I was a bit scared. Would the book be all that I'd remembered it to be? Would the musical relevance (by now twelve years old)still ring as true? Have I even, perhaps, come to know the author in a different way since my initial reading? Would this affect my opinion of this work?
It's fitting that my premonitions mirrored the fear which so much of the last twelve years of human history have been dominated by, but it was all fiction.
This novel was once again a revelation. More than a tribute to a city or the condemnation of a homeland - Rushdie has given us each of these more than once - this was a true story about love. We get to know the characters in this love triangle in such depth that their actions seem not only plausible, but required. 'Of course that is how she would have reacted to such news' I thought more than once. What was more, if at times one wondered how realistic it would be to have such intimate knowledge of massive rock stars, but we were also given the feeling which WOULD have been ours - that of the fan. We can feel the joy as the band takes off and the fear as they make a misstep... this was what following a band was in the days before instant downloads and on-demand video.
The lyrics and poetry are, for the most part, creative and lovely. this IS Rushdie, so of course there are a thousand clever nods to everyone from dead rock stars to presidents. There is also the slight twisting of history for which Rushdie is well known. The lyrics for Beneath Her Feet (masterfully recorded by U2 shortly after the original release) are breathtaking and poignant.
I cannot say enough how much I recommend this novel... Rushdie isn't for everyone and he may never win a Nobel. I have a feeling that he's fine with both of those eventualities. For those of us who have been taken in by his lush prose.... the end of a story is only the beginning of the enjoyment as we pour over it again and again for evenings to come.
Bravo Sir Salman, bravo.
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