Shalimar the Clown Salman Rushdie
Book Review:
Shalimar The Clown
Salman Rushdie
The story begins with chapter „India“. India is a young girl, ambassador's daughter. His father is Max Ophuls, American former ambassador to India, and now the counter-terrorism chief. In this chapter writer describes her wish to know more about her dead mother and reason why her father dont't want to talk about her mother's death. The plot of this chapter is setteled in Los Angeles in 90's. There she met her father's chauffeur who was known as Shalimar The Clown. His real name was Noman, but later the writer describes the reason of him being called like that. Shalimar always looked suspicious to India, and her suspicions about him made sense when she realised that Shalimar was responsable for her father's death. Reading that scene made me realise Shalimar was cold assasin. It was horrible when he slashed Max's throat with a kitchen knife outside India's apartment. Second chapter is called Boonyi. That' s again name, and one of the main characters. It bring us back in year 1960, where we learn the real thrught about Max's murder. Boonyi was a young girl who lived in Kashmir together with Noman, know as Shalimar the clown. When they met, they fell in love, and only when they had 14 years they got married. Nobody believed in their marriage. Shalimar's father Abdullah refused their marriege because he thought there is no relationship between Hindu and Muslim. Kashmir was once a paradise on earth where all people, Muslim an Hindu lived together. It was the place full of happiness and peace. Shortly after their marriage Boonyi moved to anopther place becaouse she wanted to become famous dancer and there she met her second choice, Max Ophuls, who fell in with her and got her apartment in Delhi. Shortly after she got pregnant and she got India, but she gave her the name Kashmira. When Shalimar noticed her betrayal, she went from „sweetest, gentlest, and most open of any human being in Pachigan“ to a cold
Shalimar The Clown
Salman Rushdie
The story begins with chapter „India“. India is a young girl, ambassador's daughter. His father is Max Ophuls, American former ambassador to India, and now the counter-terrorism chief. In this chapter writer describes her wish to know more about her dead mother and reason why her father dont't want to talk about her mother's death. The plot of this chapter is setteled in Los Angeles in 90's. There she met her father's chauffeur who was known as Shalimar The Clown. His real name was Noman, but later the writer describes the reason of him being called like that. Shalimar always looked suspicious to India, and her suspicions about him made sense when she realised that Shalimar was responsable for her father's death. Reading that scene made me realise Shalimar was cold assasin. It was horrible when he slashed Max's throat with a kitchen knife outside India's apartment. Second chapter is called Boonyi. That' s again name, and one of the main characters. It bring us back in year 1960, where we learn the real thrught about Max's murder. Boonyi was a young girl who lived in Kashmir together with Noman, know as Shalimar the clown. When they met, they fell in love, and only when they had 14 years they got married. Nobody believed in their marriage. Shalimar's father Abdullah refused their marriege because he thought there is no relationship between Hindu and Muslim. Kashmir was once a paradise on earth where all people, Muslim an Hindu lived together. It was the place full of happiness and peace. Shortly after their marriage Boonyi moved to anopther place becaouse she wanted to become famous dancer and there she met her second choice, Max Ophuls, who fell in with her and got her apartment in Delhi. Shortly after she got pregnant and she got India, but she gave her the name Kashmira. When Shalimar noticed her betrayal, she went from „sweetest, gentlest, and most open of any human being in Pachigan“ to a cold