The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie

There are glimpses of abysses below the surfaces of things. Cracks and tears have begun to appear in the fabric of the real. Around these three, the uncertain world itself is beginning to tremble and break. He is a man caught up in the loves and quarrels of the age's goddesses and gods, but dares to have ambitions of his own. Telling the story of Ormus and Vina, he finds that he is also revealing his own truths: his human failings, his immortal longings. Their epic romance is narrated by Ormus's childhood friend and Vina's sometime lover, her back-door man, the photographer Rai, whose astonishing voice, filled with stories, images, myths, anger, wisdom, humor, and love, is perhaps the book's true hero. This is her story, and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who finds, loses, seeks, and again finds her, over and over, throughout his own extraordinary life in music. This is her story, and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who finds, loses, seeks, and again finds her over and over throughout his own extraordinary life in music.įrom the world renowned author o f Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses comes Salman Rushdie's brilliant novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet, featuring an epic, exuberant love story with a rock 'n' roll soundtrack.Īt the beginning of this stunning novel, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. About the Book Vina Aspara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again by human eyes.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie