by Salman Rushdie
Belated Happy Birthday. I don't know how much satisfaction there is to you, these days, in having reached an age which the Ayatollah Khomeini and his acolytes never wanted you to reach, but anyway, since I happen to have been reading your memoir of the fatwā years while you were celebrating your 69t...
Salman Rushdie is famous for two main reasons. The first is his talent as a writer. The second is for people’s reactions to his talent as a writer. I have read Satanic Verses, and while I can see why some people might be upset, the solution is simple. DO NOT READ THE BOOK. While cultural sensit...
Really the only thing I'd really known about Salman Rushdie prior to purchasing this book was of course that he was the author of the Satanic Verses. This book chronicles his life up until the time of the release of that novel, and through that time in detail.As a listener, I found the third person ...
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Actual Rating 3.5I'm glad I read this book. I was in my self-centered twenties during the fatwa and remember some of the noise surrounding it but I never pursued a deeper understanding of those events. This book has at least in part cured my ignorance.It's written in 3rd person which I enjoyed initi...
Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie's pseudonym while in hiding as a consequence of the 1989 fatwa against him for the authorship of The Satanic Verses, is Rushdie's memoir of his experiences until the early 2000's, when there was no longer a credible threat to his life. He takes a non-traditional take on...
Salman Rushdie was the featured author for the re-opening of Kepler's. We had sold out all tickets and were selling spaces for standing room only. But rather than let every one stream into the store, we had 2 security guards to check everyone's bags, 2 plain clothes police men and Mr. Rushdie had ...
Cannot wait for IFOA.
I really loved the fact this was written in the third person. The distancing makes it all the more moving and I was surprised at how much humour there was.
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