| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 636 pages ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
On February 14, 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist who told the author that he had been "sentenced to death" by the Ayatollah Khomeini. It was the first time Rushdie heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being "against Islam, the Prophet, and the Quran." So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. In this memoir, Rushdie tells that story for the first time; the story of the crucial battle for freedom of speech. He shares the sometimes grim, sometimes comic realities of living with armed policemen, and the close bonds he formed with his protectors; of his struggle for support and understanding from governments, intelligence chiefs, publishers, journalists, and fellow writers; and of how he regained his freedom. This book is important because what happened to Salman Rushdie was the first act of a drama that is still unfolding somewhere in the world every day. |
| Subject |
Rushdie, Salman.
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780812992786 hardcover $30.00 |
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0812992784 hardcover |
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