eric | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 07 2008 | books, news, Salman Rushdie, thepugetnews
A Financial Times writer says that Salman Rushdie's novel is good, so good in fact, that he may have to try it with curry.
Quoted: For Rushdie, as for the artists he writes about, the pen is a magician’s wand. There is more magic than realism in this latest novel. But it is, I think, one of his best. If The Enchantress of Florence doesn’t win this year’s Man Booker I’ll curry my proof copy and eat it.
- eric | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 21 2007 | Salman Rushdie, books, thepugetnews
Salman Rushdie spoke at Fayetteville, Arkansas last week and The Morning News wrote up what was said at the event.
Quoted: "The Internet is a fantastic creative tool that we don't yet fully understand." he said. "Most of the creative content of the Internet is rubbish, but you can say the same for much of the content in any bookstore."
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