The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Author: Salman Rushdie
‘The first great rock ’n’ roll novel in the English language’ The Times,,On Valentine’s Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake.,,Her lover, the singer Ormus Cama, cannot accept that he has lost her, and so begins his eternal quest to find her and bring her back. His journey takes him across the globe and through cities p….Read More
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