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Rushdie has led an amazing life. Is there any wonder that bitterness and anger seem even as he professes love and happiness? I certainly cannot fault him for that - I'd be hard pressed to voice anything else.
While his latest work is enlightening, a hallmark of a great writer, I found too many sections uninteresting or irrelevant. Imagining a conversation with your assailant? Probably something I'd do over and over. To present it to the public? Not something I'd do or want to read. (I know others loved this part of the book. Rushdie IS a great storyteller, but that conversation is merely fiction. In some respects this is precisely what he hates about those that criticize him.)
Some sections seem like name dropping. And I don't find it interesting to read where he eats or with whom.
Perhaps this is just jealousy or envy - he is an internationally famous writer, deserving of winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, whose works will live on so long as there is recorded human history.
The sections where he writes about the injuries, the struggle for survival, the rehab, his family, his thoughts on literature and religion are top shelf. I'm glad I read it.
While his latest work is enlightening, a hallmark of a great writer, I found too many sections uninteresting or irrelevant. Imagining a conversation with your assailant? Probably something I'd do over and over. To present it to the public? Not something I'd do or want to read. (I know others loved this part of the book. Rushdie IS a great storyteller, but that conversation is merely fiction. In some respects this is precisely what he hates about those that criticize him.)
Some sections seem like name dropping. And I don't find it interesting to read where he eats or with whom.
Perhaps this is just jealousy or envy - he is an internationally famous writer, deserving of winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, whose works will live on so long as there is recorded human history.
The sections where he writes about the injuries, the struggle for survival, the rehab, his family, his thoughts on literature and religion are top shelf. I'm glad I read it.
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A thoughtful selection from Rushdie regarding the attack on him in 2022, reflections on the Fatwah, on mortality, on familial and romantic love with some reflections on religion, free speech and the role of the artist. Rushdie's novels typically exhibit lyrical and beautiful if sometimes challenging prose. Here, Rushdie's writes with a bit more immediacy and much more accessible, his literary quotes and references all offered with quick explanation.
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Graphic: Violence
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I only know Salman Rushdie from Bridget Jones so I had no reference points or knowledge at all.
It's interesting to go through the actual attack and the reasons, I also enjoyed the imagined interviews. It has made me interested in reading more of his books.
It's interesting to go through the actual attack and the reasons, I also enjoyed the imagined interviews. It has made me interested in reading more of his books.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced