Salman Rushdie

The heavy price of an unpopular book. Author Salman Rushdie's 1988 novelThe Satanic Verses, that earned him not accolades, but I death sentence, pronounced by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Rushdie spent the next several years essentially in hiding, but gradually re-emerged in public, and by 2002 was again going on author tours. In this 2002 interview Rushdie reflects on his exile, his literature, and his sense of humor. <a href=" https://amzn.to/3s10Sez "> Get Step Across This Line: by Salman Rushdie You may also enjoy my interviews with <a href=" http://heardeverything.com/2023/03/17/jodi-picoult/ "> Jodi Picoult and <a href=" http://heardeverything.com/2022/03/02/art-spiegelman/ "> Art Spiegelman For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. or wherever you listen to podcasts. #satanicverses #iran #fatwa