5/28/2023 0 Comments Rushdie memoir![]() ![]() It’s a personal story that takes place at the center of an international crisis: the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s 1989. “ Joseph Anton is a splendid book, the finest new memoir to cross my desk in many a year. LONDON (Reuters) - British author Salman Rushdies memoir of more than nine years in hiding after Irans supreme leader issued a death sentence against him hits the shelves on Tuesday, ending. 12, 2012 Salman Rushdie’s memoir is many books in one book. Salman Rushdie, the USA TODAY bestselling author whose writing has previously led to death threats, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua. ![]() “This is an important book not only because of what it has to say about a man of principle who, under the threat of violence and death, stood firm for freedom of speech and freedom of religion, but also because of its implications about our times and fanatical religious intolerance in a frighteningly fragile world.” O ne of the heroes of Rushdies memoir is a handsome, tennis-playing, gun-carrying police protection officer called Stan, which may or may not be his real name. It also serves as an important moral balance sheet.” Rushdie’s ability as a stylist and storyteller. “ harrowing, deeply felt and revealing document: an autobiographical mirror of the big, philosophical preoccupations that have animated Mr. Watch Salman Rushdie’s appearance on the Today Show here. And, Salman Rushdie’s extraordinary and powerful memoir of how he was forced underground, is already getting lots of media attention: ![]()
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