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   Grimus is a 1975 fantasy and science fiction novel by Salman Rushdie. It was his literary debut. The story loosely follows Flapping Eagle, a young Native American man who receives the gift of immortality by drinking a magic fluid.

   • Author: Salman Rushdie

   • Publish Year: 1975

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3. www.goodreads.com › book › showGrimus by Salman Rushdie | Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2001 · Grimus (Simurg - bird of legend) is shown to be a former prisoner of war, explaining his obsession with self-determination. He is lynched and burnt by a mob from K. Shortly after, the entire dimension collapses and everyone is gone.

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4. www.salmanrushdie.com › grimusGrimus - Salman Rushdie

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   Flapping Eagle, an immortal Indian sailor, journeys to Calf Island to regain his mortality and confront the mysterious Grimus Effect. Read the book summary, praise, reader's guide and buy links for this science fiction and folktale hybrid.

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   Where does Grimus come from?

   • He arrives in a parallel dimension at the mystical Calf Island, where those immortals who have tired of the world but are reluctant to give up their immortality exist in a static community under a subtle and sinister authority. Published in 1975, Grimus was Salman Rushdie's first published novel.

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   What is Grimus based on?

   • 'A mixture of science fiction and folktale, past and future, primitive and present day... Grimus is a parallel form of life, and conjuring of an alternative society' Financial Times Some of these items are dispatched sooner than the others.

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   Is Grimus a good book?

   • “A mixture of science fiction and folktale, past and future, primitive and present-day. . . . Thunderous and touching.” —Financial Times “Grimus is one of those novels some people will say is too good to be science fiction, even though it contains other universes, dimensional doorways, alien creatures, and more than one madman. . . .

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   Is Grimus a science fiction book?

   • Grimus is science fiction in the best sense of the word. It is literate, it is fun, it is meaningful, and perhaps most important, it pushes the boundaries of the form outward.” —Los Angeles Times “Ambitious, strikingly confident.” —The Times Literary Supplement Barnes & Noble • Indiebound • Powell’s • Random House Barnes & Noble • Random House 1.

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   Is Grimus a parallel form of life?

   • Grimus is a parallel form of life, and conjuring of an alternative society" Financial Times Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

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   How does Grimus undermine the concept of a 'pure culture'?

   • Like much of Rushdie's work, Grimus undermines the concept of a "pure culture" by demonstrating the impossibility of any culture, philosophy or Weltanschauung existing in sterile isolation.

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6. books.google.com › books › aboutGrimus: A Novel - Salman Rushdie - Google Books

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   Eventually, weary of the sameness of life, he journeys to the mountainous Calf Island to regain his mortality. There he meets other immortals obsessed with their own stasis and...

   • Author: Salman Rushdie
   • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2009

   • ISBN: 0307529118, 9780307529114
   • Title: Grimus: A Novel

7. www.amazon.co.uk › Grimus-Salman-Rushdie › dpGrimus: Amazon.co.uk: Rushdie, Salman: 9780099592716: Books

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   Jul 4, 1996 · Grimus. Paperback – 4 July 1996. by Salman Rushdie (Author) 4.1 105 ratings. See all formats and editions. The extraordinary literary debut of Salman Rushdie. Flapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister.

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   Nov 5, 2010 · Grimus. Salman Rushdie. Knopf Canada, Nov 5, 2010 - Fiction - 320 pages. After drinking an elixir that bestows immortality upon him, a young Indian named Flapping Eagle spends the next seven...

9. www.penguin.co.uk › books › 359674Grimus - Penguin Books UK

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   Grimus is a science fiction and folktale hybrid by the acclaimed author Salman Rushdie. It follows Flapping Eagle, an immortal Indian who seeks to confront Grimus, the creator of a mysterious island where immortals live.