Written by Salman Rushdie - Performed by Christopher Cazenove - Abridged Fiction - 8 CASSETTES - 12 hours

Publisher, Dove Audio (May 1999)

If rock 'n' roll is America's gift to the whole world, then The Ground Beneath Her Feet is Salman Rushdie's gift to America in return: a great contemporary love story and a dazzling, dancing vision of the modern era, which pulsates with a half century of music. His first novel to be set largely in the United States, it's a celebration of Americana, a brilliant examination of what the world means to America, and what America means to the world.

Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. This is her story and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who finds, loses, seeks, and again finds her, over and over, throughout his own extraordinary life in music. Their epic romance is narrated by Ormus's childhood friend and Vina's sometime lover, the photographer Rai. Around these three the uncertain world itself is beginning to tremble and break: cracks and tears have begun to appear in the fabric of the real.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet is Salman Rushdie's boldest imaginative act, a vision of our shaken, mutating times, and a brilliant remaking of the Orpheus myth.

About the Author: New York Times bestselling author SALMAN RUSHDIE is the author of six novels, four works of nonfiction, and one work of short stories.

About the Performer: CHRISTOPHER CAZENOVE has starred on stage and on TV in the U.S. and Great Britain. His motion picture credits include Eye of the Needle.