The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (ISBN:0679640517)

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		The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel
	
				(96 reviews)			
(1143 Readers)

			Salman Rushdie		
	
The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery, attempting...more
 The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery, attempting to command her own destiny in a man’s world. It is the story of two cities at the height of their powers–the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor Akbar the Great wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire, and the treachery of his sons, and the equally sensual city of Florence during the High Renaissance, where Niccolò Machiavelli takes a starring role as he learns, the hard way, about the true brutality of power. Profoundly moving and completely absorbing, The Enchantress of Florence is a dazzling book full of wonders by one of the world’s most important living writers.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This book is tedious. So many freaking names of people who I just don't need to know. I liked the overall story he was trying to tell, just not really the way he was telling it. And the ending sucked. Why bother? Leave it open-ended and it becomes much more mysterious and less contrived. 
This is the kind of book that might turn me off Salman Rushdie forever. At least, I won't be...more
 This book is tedious. So many freaking names of people who I just don't need to know. I liked the overall story he was trying to tell, just not really the way he was telling it. And the ending sucked. Why bother? Leave it open-ended and it becomes much more mysterious and less contrived. 
This is the kind of book that might turn me off Salman Rushdie forever. At least, I won't be reading him again for a very long time.
I'm still reading this, but it's very tedious. I'm hoping Rushdie's has other books that are better.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Ich gebe zu, ich habe eine Schwäche für Rushdies barocke Satzkaskaden, sein brilliantes, geschliffenes Englisch und seine orientalische Phantasie. Da kann die Kritik seine Bücher noch so sehr zerreissen - wie sie es bei diesem getan hat. Ich war begeistert von dieser zwischen dem Hof der Medici in Florenz und dem orientalischen Hof Sultan Akbars pendelnden Märchenreise in die Renaissance,...more
 Ich gebe zu, ich habe eine Schwäche für Rushdies barocke Satzkaskaden, sein brilliantes, geschliffenes Englisch und seine orientalische Phantasie. Da kann die Kritik seine Bücher noch so sehr zerreissen - wie sie es bei diesem getan hat. Ich war begeistert von dieser zwischen dem Hof der Medici in Florenz und dem orientalischen Hof Sultan Akbars pendelnden Märchenreise in die Renaissance, voller Fakten, voller dichter Bilder und einfach zauberhaft!   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Loved it! Beautifully written...

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							Angela
						
							few weeks ago						
Reminded me very much of "Love in a Time of Cholera..."  a rich and intricate story that requires you to suspend your belief in reality and takes a lot of concentration to wade through.  It is very good!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Sigh! Taking a deep breath...It was quite strenuous to keep myself going from page to page. It wasn't one bit absorbing. For a person like me, who has always had issues with keeping track of family trees, this one was a torture. I second the opinion of a person here, who discontinued the novel as she found it to get convoluted. I finished it nonetheless. It's definitely not one of the best works...more
 Sigh! Taking a deep breath...It was quite strenuous to keep myself going from page to page. It wasn't one bit absorbing. For a person like me, who has always had issues with keeping track of family trees, this one was a torture. I second the opinion of a person here, who discontinued the novel as she found it to get convoluted. I finished it nonetheless. It's definitely not one of the best works of Rushdie. I wouldn't recommend. 

I AM BEING POLITE.   hide

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							Rita
						
							few weeks ago						
Rushdie is MASTER spinner of fairy tales for adults, in the tradition of Arabian Nights.  This book is simply spell-binding.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This book definitely is not one of my favorites. It was hard to keep track of the characters, and you really didn't get to see enough of them to really care anything about them. The book has a double plot that is really hard to follow. And, the ending is so abrupt that it is very unsatisfying. After waiting 300+ pages, i felt like it deserved something better than that. I was actually...more
 This book definitely is not one of my favorites. It was hard to keep track of the characters, and you really didn't get to see enough of them to really care anything about them. The book has a double plot that is really hard to follow. And, the ending is so abrupt that it is very unsatisfying. After waiting 300+ pages, i felt like it deserved something better than that. I was actually pretty dissappointed, and have little desire to read any of his other books.   hide

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							Donna
						
							few weeks ago						
officially gave up on this tedious novel in the magical realism genre -- it just dragged on too much, so after postponing the finish month after month, I said forget it. Watch Michael Wood's "India" from PBS if you want to know what happened to the real Shah / Mogul king.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
If you cherish the grandeur and the beauty of the language, this is the book.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Brilliant book ! Rushdie's story telling skills are quite unparalleled.

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