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Joseph Anton A Memoir

Salman Rushdie

On 14 February 1989, Salman Rushdie was sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini, guilty of having written The Satanic Verses, a book 'against Islam'. In this memoir he tells the story of the nine years that followed, describing his life as a writer forced underground, moving from house to house...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was recalled as his earlier memoir written in the third person, a selfportrait of his years in hiding.

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You've written a sort of autobiography before, a memoir called Joseph Anton, you did in the third person; this book is a selfportrait.

— Episode: Best Of: Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You T...

Episode: Best Of: Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is

It was recalled as his earlier memoir written in the third person, a selfportrait of his years in hiding.

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You've written a sort of autobiography before, a memoir called Joseph Anton, you did in the third person; this book is a selfportrait.

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Stay Tuned with Preet

It was described as a novel and memoir that provided a comprehensive and emotionally raw account of his experiences following the fatwa.

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And sometimes it's an angry book and sometimes it's a bitter book and even vindictive at times. And honest and charming. And it's all over the place in that way, in the best sense.

— Episode: Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Re...

Episode: Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Remnick)

It was described as a novel and memoir that provided a comprehensive and emotionally raw account of his experiences following the fatwa.

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And sometimes it's an angry book and sometimes it's a bitter book and even vindictive at times. And honest and charming. And it's all over the place in that way, in the best sense.

in which he tells the story straight.

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