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Thirty years ago, Salman Rushdie made a surprise appearance at a Canadian PEN fundraiser while still in hiding because of the fatwa issued against him for his 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses. As Rushdie continues his recovery from injuries sustained in an attack earlier this year, Writers & Company revisits 1992 and 2015 conversations with the celebrated author.
Following the recent brutal attack on Salman Rushdie, famous writers have been reading passages from his works. Torsten Landsberg takes a look at the struggle in 1988 to publish "The Satanic Verses" in German
Following the recent brutal attack on Salman Rushdie, famous writers have been reading passages from his works. Here's a look at how 1988's "The Satanic Verses" struggled to be published in German.
Any speech that offends Iran, or similarly minded regimes such as Russia and China, can now be foreseen to endanger the lives of speakers residing in the United States.
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A lot has been written about the broader meaning of the attack this month on Salman Rushdie. Not enough has been said about the evil of the regime that presumably inspired the deed and so many others like it.