The Satanic Verses, Salman RushdieJust before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two figures, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow covered sands of an English beach, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations.

who first met amid the shambles of postwar Italy

Business revolves around making decisions

delicate creatures – today we rarely catch a glimpse of the Wild Cherry Sphinx moths

that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses

and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons

While their stories influence one another

his compliant wife agrees to a divorce but then backs out

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo weaves an unforgettable story of loss and renewal

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

The shockingly candid and explicit diary she put on the Internet became a London sensation

Exploring topics such as identity