Salman Rushdie

Person

News

Village Voice, 23.04.13 21:59 UTC

Midnight's Children, For Those Who Wants the Gist of the Novel (And No More)

One of the most beguiling of the many stories all knotted up in Salman Rushdie's brilliant, baggy, exhausting 1981 novel Midnight's Children concerns a lovelorn doctor, his beautiful patient, and ...

Aadam Rajat Kapoor Salman Rushdie Playboy party Naseem New York City +6 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 13:39 UTC

Rushdie relives magic of 'Midnight's Children'

Thanks to the printed word and the moving image, Salman Rushdie has recaptured the worst part of his life and relived one of the best.

State of Emergency London Sinai the Booker Prize writer author +12 more

NPR, 15.04.13 22:59 UTC

Granta's 'Best Of Young British Novelists' Shows A 'Disunited Kingdom'

Once every decade, the literary magazine Granta publishes an issue called "Best of Young British Novelists," with short excerpts from the novels of 20 emerging authors. In the past, the list of names ...

Salman Rushdie Helen Oyeyemi Zadie Smith John Freeman Sarah Hall Fox +12 more

Telegraph, 15.04.13 19:50 UTC

Surprises on Granta's diverse 2013 Best of Young British Novelists list

Britain s most promising young writers include a Somali-born Oxford graduate, a Chinese film director, and a debut author who was raised in America, lives in Rome and writes about Africa, according to an influential new poll.

Ian McEwan Taiye Selasi Naomi Alderman Liz Jobey MARTIN AMIS Adam Thirlwell +24 more

Daily Mail, 14.04.13 02:54 UTC

Let's remember Maggie for what she really was... a tragic failure

PUBLISHED: 01:06 GMT, 14 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:06 GMT, 14 April 2013 I suspect that Margaret Thatcher would not have much minded the wave of spiteful, immature loathing unleashed among foolish, ...

Jacques Delors Margaret Thatcher Arthur Scargill Glenda Jackson Michael Heseltine Salman Rushdie +8 more

Daily Mail, 14.04.13 02:43 UTC

NHS boss faces death penalty over charges of torture and 18 murders in Bangladesh

PUBLISHED: 01:29 GMT, 14 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:29 GMT, 14 April 2013 Britain faces an extradition row over an influential Muslim leader wanted in his native Bangladesh to face charges of ...

Bangladesh Pakistani military Al-Badr Brigade United Kingdom Munier Chowdhury Al-Badr +26 more

Seattle Times, 08.04.13 17:47 UTC

Rushdie remembers Thatcher's `great life'

Salman Rushdie (SAHL'-mahn ROOSH'-dee) is remembering Margaret Thatcher with the same complicated feelings he had for while she was alive. That means disagreeing with her politics but being grateful for her support when he was forced into hiding in 1989 after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini (ah-yah-TOH'-lah hoh-MAY'-nee) called for his death.

Margaret Thatcher Salman Rushdie Iran

Daily Mail, 07.04.13 18:44 UTC

How many people are going to 'like' this? Facebook starts charging UK users up to £10 to send messages to celebrities

PUBLISHED: 18:07 GMT, 7 April 2013 | UPDATED: 18:07 GMT, 7 April 2013 Facebook has started charging users up to £10 to message celebrities and others outside their circle of friends. Under the trial ...

Miranda Hart Snoop Dogg Salman Rushdie Ed Sheeran pence GBP +11 more

Accuracy