Imaginary Homelands
Essays and Criticicsm 1981-1991

Rushdie is a great writer to study due to the controversy that surrounds his work. How many writers can say they went into hiding because of public death threats? Not many. Some believe that he wrote The Satanic Verses for attention and more fame. Some believe that he purposefully, and maliciously,......more

In the wild haze that was my Rushdie obsession at the beginning of last and the start of this year, I ploughed through this man's entire collected nonfiction. I read his three essay collections in reverse order, which means I started with the most recent and worked my way back to 1981. So Imaginary......more

Ενδιαφέρουσα επιλογή άρθρων, η οποία δεν περιορίζεται στη λογοτεχνική κριτική, αλλά επεκτείνεται και σε μια ποικιλία άλλων θεμάτων: πολιτική, ιστορία, τέχνες, πρόσωπα.........more

This essay collection takes you back to Rushdie’s heroic efforts to speak out in favor of freedom of speech, secularism, atheism, multiculturalism, artistic integrity, and literary and intellectual sophistication. Lots of great political and literary essays here but the most compelling relate to the......more