the enchantress of florence by salman rushdie

“Beyond its magical razzle-dazzle lays a work of steely contemporary resonance, rich in slyly metafictional allusions. “ prodigious fever dream of a book.” –Lisa Shea, Elle “ For Rushdie, as for the artists he writes about, the pen is a magician’s wand. Rushdie’s sumptuous mixture of history and fable is magnificent.” –Ursula K.

us escape from the present into a dreamlike past that ultimately makes us more aware of the dangers and illusions of our everyday lives.” –Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel Kindle Edition by Salman Rushdie (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 357 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. “This is ‘history’ jubilantly mixed with postmodernist magic realism.” –Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books By Salman Rushdie: The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel Paperback Januby Salman Rushdie (Author) 285 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 27.91 108 Used from 1.33 5 New from 25.00 44 Collectible from 5. so delightful an homage to Renaissance magic and wonder.” –Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World The enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Publication date 2008 Topics Akbar, - Emperor of Hindustan, - 1542-1605 - Fiction., Machiavelli, Niccolo, - 1469-1527 - Fiction., East and West - Fiction., Large type books., Fatehpur Sikri (India) - Fiction., Florence (Italy) - Fiction., Mogul Empire - History - 16th century - Fiction. “A romance of beauty and power from Italy to India. Profoundly moving and completely absorbing, The Enchantress of Florence is a dazzling book full of wonders. It is the story of two cities at the height of their powers–the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor 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. The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery, attempting to command her own destiny in a man’s world.

The enchantress of florence by salman rushdie