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Critical Review by David Caute

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In the following review, Caute faults The Ground beneath Her Feet for its uneven and “boring” narrative. East-West is of course a central theme in Rushdie's work—alongside ... Read more

Critical Essay by Brooke Allen

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In the following essay, Allen notes the excess of showy technique, clever references, and mythological allusions in The Ground beneath Her Feet and contends that the novel lacks depth. The story of th... Read more

Critical Review by Robert L. McLaughlin

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In the following review, McLaughlin offers a favorable assessment of The Ground beneath Her Feet. Rushdie's funny and rich new novel [The Ground beneath Her Feet] uses the history of a fictiona... Read more

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In the following review, King provides a mixed assessment of The Ground beneath Her Feet. The blurb proclaims The Ground beneath Her Feet as Salman Rushdie's “most ambitious and accompli... Read more

Critical Review by Pankaj Mishra

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In the following negative review, Mishra asserts that “with its banal obsessions and empty bombast, its pseudo-characters and non-events, its fundamental shapelessness and incoherence, The Grou... Read more

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