Grimus
Written by Salman Rushdie
Narrated by Henrik Hartvig Jørgensen
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Efter at have drukket en eliksir, der gør ham udødelig, tilbringer den unge indianer Flaksende Ørn de næste syv hundrede år med at sejle på verdenshavene. Men det evige liv, der i lang tid var en velsignelse, forvandler sig langsomt til en byrde. Denne verdens ensformighed er udmattende, og han beslutter sig for at rejse til den bjergrige Kalveøen for at genvinde sin dødelighed. Her møder han andre udødelige, der alle er besatte af deres stilstand, og Flaksende Ørn begiver sig ud for at bestige øens højeste bjerg, hvorfra den mystiske og nedbrydende Grimuseffekt springer. Gennem en række ekspeditioner og møder på øen, står Flaksende Ørn pludselig ansigt til ansigt med øens skaber for til sidst at optrævle det mysterium, der er hans egen menneskelighed.
GRIMUS er Salman Rushdies bemærkelsesværdige debutroman, som her for første gang foreligger i dansk oversættelse.
Indlæst af Henrik Hartvig Jørgensen 2014.
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is the author of many acclaimed novels, including Midnight’s Children (winner of the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and The Sea of Stories, The Moor’s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, and Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights—and a collection of short stories: East, West. He has also published works of nonfiction, including Joseph Anton (a memoir of his life under the fatwa issued after the publication of The Satanic Verses), The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, and Step Across This Line—and co-edited the anthologies, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Stories. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.
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