Vineland & Ground Beneath Her Feet OPENINGS

[Vivek Ahlawat]

Vineland:
Later than usual one summer morning in 1984, Zoyd
Wheeler drifted awake in sunlight through a creeping
fig that hung in the window, with a squadron of blue
jays stomping around on the roof. in his dreams these
had been carrier pigeons from someplace far across the
ocean, landing and taking off....

The Ground Beneath Her Feet:
On St Valentine's Day, 1989, the last day of her life,
the legendary pop singer Vina Apsara woke sobbing from
a dream of human sacrifice in which she had been the
intended victim. Bare torsoed men resembling the actor
Chris Plummer had been gripping her by wrists and
ankles....

1984's significance has been discussed; why its 1989
for Rushdie: I leave to your imagination.

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