35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths
Correspondence between Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad and Britain’s Margaret Thatcher showed how differently the Muslim world ...
The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy
Catch up on 2024’s most illuminating life stories, encompassing tales of recovery, literary feuds and devastating betrayal, ...
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British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for fiction with space-station novel ‘Orbital’
Previous winners include Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Hilary Mantel. De Waal praised the “crystalline” ...
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British writer Samantha Harvey's space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
She beat five other finalists from Canada, the U.S., Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by ...
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Legal loophole ends ban on Salman Rushdie book in India
An Indian court lifts a decades-old ban on 'The Satanic Verses' after officials couldn't find the original restriction ...
Indian officials misplace Rushdie book ban order
The Satanic Verses, criticised by some Muslims as blasphemous, was banned in India shortly after its release, sparking protests worldwide. Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989, calling for ...
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India's ban on Salman Rushdie 'The Satanic Verses' may end — thanks to missing paperwork
NEW DELHI (AP) — The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie's “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt — not ...
India’s ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ may end — thanks to missing paperwork
The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt — not because of a change of ...