Name: Quichotte
Author: Salman Rushdie
Genre: Contemporary, Magical Realism, Surrealism, Fiction, Satirical
Rating: 4.7/5
Review:
Inspired by Don Quixote by Cervantes.
“Everybody seems to know what normal is and at the same time nobody agrees.”
An Indian American writer known by the name of Sam Duchamp creates fictional character of Ismail Smile, an aging man obsessed with a young female celebrity, Salma R.
After leaving his job from a pharma company with dark history, he starts his journey to his beloved with his imaginary son, Sancho. A modern knight on a journey to his grail. As the story flows, the line between reality and fiction becomes blurred and Sam Duchamp find himself retrospective of his own life.
“Human life is mostly unhappiness. The only antidote to human misery is love and it is to love we must rededicate ourselves.”
The book is written from the perspective of various characters, each character is very well developed. This book has a lot of conscious thinking. Salman Rushdie has done an amazing work in creating each character and writing their perspectives. The writing style, vocabulary and thinking pattern changes with each character, giving each of them, a unique and different personality and identity.
Salman Rushdie coveys many topics through the journey of Quichotte across the country, rediscovering his roots, origin and language. Just as Cervantes wrote Don Quixote, giving a satirical commentary on life during that time, Salman Rushdie delivers a socio-political commentary on the modern world where “everything can happen is the new normal”.
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