Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay in 1947. His second novel, the critically acclaimed and award-winning Midnight's Children, was published in 1991. Among its honours, it was pronounced the 'Booker of the Bookers,' which recognized it as the best example of that illustrious prize. Malcolm Bradley in The Modern British Novel pronounced the book "a new start for the late-twentieth-century novel." In Fury, a refugee from his former lives, Malik Solanka seeks refuge in New York City, the mecca of immigrants. He has been a university professor in Britain and a historian of ideas, who has rejected the narrowness and sectarianism of academic life. Always fascinated by dolls, he becomes a dollmaker and conceives a character, Little Brain, who captivates the public. Finding his work coopted as popular entertainment, Solanka rejects his second career, feeling he has lost control over his creation, even though he has sought this broader appeal for his work. He also jettisons his wife Eleanor, a beautiful, shrewd, and patient woman he met through contacts in the publishing world. She has given birth to a charming young boy who longs for his father to return to New York. Eleanor wants Solanka to return to her, and he grieves that he cannot settle down to the married, steady life she has so splendidly arranged for him. He is restless and angry, and Eleanor does not have the vocabulary or the sensibility to soothe this fretful man… You can listen online to free English audiobook “Fury” by Salman Rushdie on our website.
