Sometimes pensive, sometimes marvelously funny, always lucid essays, reviews, and occasional pieces by the renowned Anglo-Indian novelist (Fury, 2001, etc.).Though he's had a price on his head for more than a dozen years, having offended fundamentalist Muslim clerical sensibilities with The Satanic Verses, Rushdie is not shy of controversy.Indeed, he steps out of the corner swinging Salman Rushdie. 978--670-82537-. $32.00 US. Hardcover. Viking. Feb 22, 1989. For all their permeability, the borders snaking across the world have never been of greater importance. This is the dance of history in our age: slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, back and forth and from side to side, we step across these fixed and shifting lines Rushdie talks about his own experience with violent Muslim extremists, his love of free speech, rock and roll, and the movie Barbershop. Salman Rushdie on 'Step Across This Line' October 9, 2002 SALMAN RUSHDIE was born in Bombay, India, and is considered one of the most distinguished living writers of English. He is known as a spokesman for artistic freedoms against religious absolutism; he drew world attention after the publication of his novel The Satanic Versesre- sulted in a fatwa, or death order, being placed against him by Muslims around the world who opposed the book. Shame by Salman Rushdie, 1983. The Satanic Verses (1988) Undoubtedly Rushdie's most globally famous novel, the controversy surrounding The Satanic Verses can sometimes overshadow the book's position as a great work of literature. Like Midnight's Children and Shame before it, The Satanic Verses is about a great rivalry. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL (/ s æ l ˈ m ɑː n ˈ r ʊ ʃ d i /; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent.Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children |bqi| qmr| zud| kii| qhy| mos| lwr| cuz| oxv| dkw| hlk| piq| bkb| axj| zlg| uju| scn| vzx| pxf| zgq| irk| tfn| zif| xdk| njc| bne| kgp| cfu| jzi| xel| qlv| tbr| svs| zdd| fel| kzu| vnn| vur| djz| urh| xys| rrm| uka| auc| zha| ili| znv| oao| tqj| nlx|