This episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project" features author Salman Rushdie reading from and discussing his 1999 New York Times bestseller, "The Ground Beneath Her Feet." In his 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. In this episode, Rushdie discusses the musical and mythological influences that inspired this ambitious work of magical realism. (From SalmanRushdie.com)
Bio:
Salman Rushdie is the author of several novels, including "Grimus," "Midnight's Children," "The Satanic Verses," "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," "The Moor's Last Sigh," "The Ground Beneath Her Feet," "Fury," and "Shalimar the Clown." He has written collections of short stories, including "East, West," and co-edited with Elizabeth West a collection of Indian literature in English, "Mirrorwork." He has also published several works of nonfiction, among them "The Jaguar Smile," "Imaginary Homelands," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Joseph Anton," a memoir of his life under the fatwa issued after the publication of "The Satanic Verses."
