Shalimar the Clown
20 hrs. 59 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Salman Rushdie
Author
Salman Rushdie
Narrator
Igor Knyazev
Narrator
Igor Knyazev
Description
“The Enchantress of Shalimar” is one of Salman Rushdie’s best novels. In a story full of love, passion, pain, and tragedies, there are four main characters: the former U.S. ambassador to India, Max Ophals; his daughter India; her mother Bunnia; and her husband Nomar, whom everyone calls Shalimar. But in the narrative, Kashmir—an intractable, disputed region of the Indian subcontinent fought over by India and Pakistan—plays the most crucial role. Different countries flash by; people of different nationalities and faiths try to understand who they really are, want to find happiness, and recover the lost paradise.
In the 1960s, the name of the Resistance hero, Max Ophals, a Knight of the Legion of Honor, was known throughout India. The American ambassador was an infamous, scandalous, and clearly outstanding figure. Now he is simply an old man—no longer even trying to hide his aging. Once, his life often hung by a thread. And now who could want his death? That’s what he thought as he drove up to his daughter’s home with the fierce name India; that’s what he thought when Shalimar’s driver opened the car door; that’s what he thought when he entered the code on the intercom. And the next moment, his life is cut short by a strike with a kitchen knife—a knife taken from his own kitchen—an удар delivered by his own driver.
The investigation of this murder will become a story of love and revenge, politics and history, passion and a crime that can never be forgiven.
In the 1960s, the name of the Resistance hero, Max Ophals, a Knight of the Legion of Honor, was known throughout India. The American ambassador was an infamous, scandalous, and clearly outstanding figure. Now he is simply an old man—no longer even trying to hide his aging. Once, his life often hung by a thread. And now who could want his death? That’s what he thought as he drove up to his daughter’s home with the fierce name India; that’s what he thought when Shalimar’s driver opened the car door; that’s what he thought when he entered the code on the intercom. And the next moment, his life is cut short by a strike with a kitchen knife—a knife taken from his own kitchen—an удар delivered by his own driver.
The investigation of this murder will become a story of love and revenge, politics and history, passion and a crime that can never be forgiven.
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