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The novel is set in a parallel universe, as revealed in the second half of the book. Thus, there are several historic events that are altered in the setting of the novel. In the novel, American president John F. Kennedy survives the Dallas assassination but is shot alongside his brother Robert F. Kennedy later on; the Watergate scandal is ...
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (song) " The Ground Beneath Her Feet " is a song by Irish rock band U2. It appears in the 2000 film The Million Dollar Hotel, which was produced by U2 lead vocalist Bono, and the song was included on the film's soundtrack. Author Salman Rushdie is credited as the lyricist, as the words are taken from his 1999 book ...
The lyrics of "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" were written by Salman Rushdie, based on his book of the same name.The soundtrack version of the song is a different mix from the one used in the film, which was not released commercially.
The Gaze of Orpheus. In ancient Greek religion, The Gaze of Orpheus is derived from the antiquarian Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. In the story of Orpheus, the poet descends to the underworld to retrieve his wife, Eurydice from premature death, only on Hades’ and Persephone's condition that he does not look at her during the process ...
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999) is a riff on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, casting Orpheus and Eurydice as rock stars. The book features many original song lyrics; one was the basis for the U2 song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet". Rushdie is credited as the lyricist. Rushdie presenting his 2005 novel Shalimar the Clown
The song is mentioned by Salman Rushdie's character Ormus in his work The Ground Beneath Her Feet. [5] In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, the author Greil Marcus writes of Lunsford's recording of the song: Now what the singer wants is obvious, and almost impossible to comprehend.
The Ground Beneath My Feet (German: Der Boden unter den Füßen) is a 2019 Austrian drama film directed by Marie Kreutzer. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. The Ground Beneath My Feet had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2019.
Original text. Die Sonette an Orpheus at German Wikisource. The Sonnets to Orpheus ( German: Die Sonette an Orpheus) [ 1] are a cycle of 55 sonnets written in 1922 by the Bohemian - Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926). It was first published the following year. Rilke, who is "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense ...