kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 24 2008 | salman rushdie, books
About "The Enchantress of Florence", the fatwa and life in general for Salman Rushdie.
Quoted: In Salman Rushdie's new novel, "The Enchantress of Florence," the exasperated Mughal emperor Akbar the Great agrees to let a mysterious Florentine adventurer, Mogor dell'Amore, finish a tale. But as the troublesome Mogor prepares to continue, Akbar says with a touch of venom: "A curse on all storytellers. And a pox on your children, too."
- kristen | Shared With: Everyone - 13 days ago | books, news, salman rushdie, censorship
I don't really see this as a contradiction. He is supporting one writer's work of fiction while fighting a libel case. They really aren't related.
Quoted: Sir Salman Rushdie has accused his publisher of censorship at the same time as trying to prevent the release of a book that criticises him. The novelist, who spent nearly a decade under a fatwa from the Iranian government after the publication of The Satanic Verses in 1988, attacked Random House for pulping a historical novel about the Prophet Mohamed for fear of offending Muslims.
- kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 11 2008 | books, salman rushdie
This is fantastic. I just re-read Midnight's Children a few weeks ago and appreciated it again.
Quoted: LONDON (Reuters) - British author Salman Rushdie won the Best of the Booker prize on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize in 1981, and the Indian-born writer was hot favorite to take the award decided by the public from a shortlist of six in an online poll.
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