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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
Why did I rate Joseph Anton so highly and find this so inane, a waste of good trees? I can't lay my finger on it, but a reckoning might have come when Rushdie, in his poor man's Socratic dialogue with his 24 year old would-be assassin, questions him on his authentic New Jersey cred and asks if he's a fan of Queen Latifah.
If Rushdie's assassin had bothered to read more of his work, might he have learnt how to aim?
If Rushdie's assassin had bothered to read more of his work, might he have learnt how to aim?
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.5/5
Rating a memoir is always tough, especially when it's from an author you already admire greatly. I think this hit on some stuff that felt very relevant to me--I wrote big papers on Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses in college and admire them very deeply, I'm also looking down the barrel of a serious surgery--and I'm not sure I would have gotten much out of this book had both of those things not been true about me.
It was so interesting to hear about his experience in the years after the fatwa, and comparing this new incident to that time in his life. But I also wanted more contemplation and less writing about his love for his wife (who I'm sure he loves very much, but it's just interesting when you know this is his FIFTH). At the end of the day, Rushdie is a writer I respect a lot and while it's unfair to ask more of him when it's such a personal subject...here I am!
Rating a memoir is always tough, especially when it's from an author you already admire greatly. I think this hit on some stuff that felt very relevant to me--I wrote big papers on Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses in college and admire them very deeply, I'm also looking down the barrel of a serious surgery--and I'm not sure I would have gotten much out of this book had both of those things not been true about me.
It was so interesting to hear about his experience in the years after the fatwa, and comparing this new incident to that time in his life. But I also wanted more contemplation and less writing about his love for his wife (who I'm sure he loves very much, but it's just interesting when you know this is his FIFTH). At the end of the day, Rushdie is a writer I respect a lot and while it's unfair to ask more of him when it's such a personal subject...here I am!
dark
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
За първи път чета мемоар и се радвам, че е точно този. Прекара ме през толкова емоции. Предизвика ме да разсъждавам над толкова много неща. Усетих го като приятелски разговор в късния следобед, докато мрака бавно се спуска и темите стават все по-откровени и дълбоки. Свободата, изкуството, свободата НА изкуството, въображението, способността на езика да оформя света, любовта, силата на духа, творците и техните творения. Но също така и религиозния фанатизъм, политиката, войните, икономиката. Освен вдъхновяващата уязвимост и невероятната покана в интимния свят на автора, получаваме и проникновен коментар за заобикалящия ни свят. Плюс преливаща корникопия от литературни, филмови, музикални препратки. Удивителна ерудиция. Определено няма да е последното нещо, което ще прочета от Салман Рушди.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
reflective
slow-paced