The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a novel written by Salman Rushdie Published in 1999, it is a variation on the Orpheus/Eurydice myth with rock music replacing Orpheus' lyre The book, while at its core detailiабъьеng the love of two men, Ormus Cama and Umeed "Rai" Merchant (the narrator of the story), for the same woman, Vina Apsara, provides a background and alternate history to the entire 1950s-1990s period of the growth of rock music The minor characters of the stoавпуъry are particularly interesting, as they provide the most vivid portraits of the cultures and backgrounds that come into play in the story.