Salman Rushdie on The Satanic Verses

Title

Salman Rushdie on The Satanic Verses

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Sue Jameson interviews author Salman Rushdie about his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. The interview was recorded before the Whitbread book awards (which he did not win) and before the death threats (fatwa) from the Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini (Ruhollah Khomeini).

Contributors

Sue Jameson; Salman Rushdie

Keywords

Books; Authors; Writers; Novelists; Islam; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature

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