Is Nothing Sacred, by Salman Rushdie

Title

Is Nothing Sacred, by Salman Rushdie

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

6 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:41:05

Description

Harold Pinter reads Is Nothing Sacred, the Herbert Reed Memorial Lecture at The ICA in London, written by Salman Rushdie who is absent due to the Iranian fatwa over The Satanic Verses which forced him to withdraw into cultural exile. Recording taken from the Late Show on BBC 2 television. Introduction by Michael Ignatieff. Producer: Kevin Loader.

Contributors

BBC; Salman Rushdie; Harold Pinter; Michael Ignatieff; Kevin Loader

Keywords

Books; Authors; Writers; Freedom of expression; Novels; Literature; Islam; Fiction; Personal safety; Salman Rushdie; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Is Nothing Sacred (lecture); Late Show

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