The Enchantress of Florence : A Novel (Paperback)

from TerriB

The Enchantress of Florence begins with a mysterious yellow-haired stranger standing astride a bullock cart as he enters the domain of the emperor of India. He is godlike in stance, yet in appearance he is as a fool with his overly pretty face and particolored coat. The city to which he arrives i...

from lriley

First off many thanks to Random House and LT for selecting me for the Early Reviewers edition of this book. I have read several of Rushdie's novels in the past though not 'Midnight's Children' which it seems there seems to be the most consensus as his best work. In this respect I think I should h...

from angrystarlyt

I have only ever read one book by [[Salman Rushdie]], and it was [Fury], which I was assigned for my "modern" novel class I took when I was a junior in college (the term being used here obviously very loosely). Thus, although I had a grad professor tell me he thought fury was one of his weakest b...

from alexdallymacfarlane

I'm glad I finally got around to picking up a Rushdie book. On a sentence level, I was utterly delighted. On a wider-story level, I enjoyed the main plot. However, however... The book is in part about a woman called Qara Koz who attempts to make her own path in life. To do this, she must fall in ...

from alaskabookworm

This was my first Salman Rushdie book, and BOY, has it been difficult to neatly summarize for a review! I've sat down countless times over the past couple weeks and just frozen up. So, please forgive the eclectic nature of my review. On one level, "The Enchantress of Florence" is a historical nov...