'Joseph Anton is about Rushdie the man, not the novelist-and Intolerance in a frighteningly fragile world.' DON OLDENBURG To say about a man of principle who, under the threat of violence andĭeath, stood firm for freedom of speech and freedom of religion, butĪlso because of its implications about our times and fanatical religious This is an important book not only because of what it has and British publishing circles, which fellowĪuthors and publishing houses lent support, who retreated for fear of How those years of death threats, bookstore bombings, attacks and 'Rushdie provides a fascinating look into the intense drama of Life, he limns 'the era of fear and self-censor-ship that the fatwa (Paul Auster, Christopher Hitchens, and Harold Pinter all put Rushdie upĭuring his flight others were less kind). His four marriages, and his frequent get-togethers with famous people He reflects on his developing intellect as a student in England, Recalls the period of the death sentence (once abated, the threat hasīeen renewed recently) and his life before and after that tumultuous Set the bar for intolerance to free speech in certain parts of the worldĪnd changed the way that society thought about literature. Rushdie's having published The Satanic Verses in 1988.

Informing him of a fatwa issued by the dying Ayatollah Khomeini for THE TOPIC: Salman Rushdie's life changed irrevocably onįebruary 14, 1989, when he received a call from a BBC journalist In this memoir, Rushdie recounts the darkestĭays of his life on the run, as well as the decadence that accompanies Moor's Last Sigh (1995), and Shalimar the Clown ( His novels include Midnight'sĬhildren (1981 Booker Prize), The Satanic Verses (1988), The Over four decades, Salman Rushdie has fashioned a controversialĬareer as a writer of fiction and essays that regularly place him on MLA style: 'Joseph Anton: a memoir.' The Free Library.

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