Salman Rushdie Livres

Saga baroque et burlesque qui se déroule au cœur de l'Inde moderne, mais aussi pamphlet politique impitoyable, Les Enfants de minuit est le livre le plus réussi et le plus attachant de Salman Rushdie. Traduit en quinze langues , il a reçu en 1981 le Booker Prize.

Rushdie at his most candid, impassioned, and incisive--an important and moving record of one writer's intellectual and personal odyssey. These 75 essays demonstrate Rushdie's range and prophetic vision, as he focuses on his fellow writers, on films, and on the mine-strewn ground of race, politics and religion.

Un mémoire émouvant et affirmatif sur la survie et le pouvoir de l'amour pour guérir, de l'écrivain de renommée internationale Salman Rushdie. Le 12 août 2022, Rushdie se tenait sur scène à l'Institution Chautauqua dans l'État de New York, préparant une conférence sur l'importance de protéger les écrivains, lorsqu'un homme vêtu de noir s'est précipité vers lui, brandissant un couteau. Ce qui a suivi fut un acte de violence horrifiant qui a secoué le monde. Rushdie revit les événements traumatisants de ce jour et de ses conséquences, ainsi que son parcours vers la guérison physique, rendu possible par l'amour et le soutien de sa femme, Eliza, de sa famille, de son équipe médicale et de sa communauté de lecteurs à travers le monde. "Le Couteau" est un récit écrit avec urgence, gravité et une honnêteté sans faille. C'est aussi un rappel profondément émouvant de la capacité de la littérature à donner un sens à l'impensable. Une méditation intime et affirmante sur la vie, la perte, l'amour, l'art et la force de se relever.

La disparition de l'arrière-grand-père Francisco, englouti par un lagon sur la côte sud de l'Inde, marque le début d'une série de drames au sein de la famille Gama-Zogoiby, dont le narrateur Moraes, surnommé Le Maure, est issu. Fils unique et difforme de la séduisante Aurora, qui a charmé l'humble Abraham, Moraes se retrouve rapidement entraîné dans des situations cocasses et périlleuses, allant des bas-fonds de Bombay aux milieux corrompus de la haute finance. Entre comédie, farce, épopée et merveilleux, ce récit devient une allégorie des désordres du monde. L'auteur, Salman Rushdie, renoue avec le style picaresque des Enfants de Minuit et, grâce à son écriture savoureuse et évocatrice, se positionne parmi les plus grands écrivains contemporains. Né en 1947 à Bombay et vivant en Grande-Bretagne depuis 1961, Rushdie a reçu de nombreux prix littéraires et ses œuvres sont traduites en vingt-cinq langues. Les critiques saluent son travail : Doris Lessing le qualifie de délice, Nadine Gordimer le considère comme l'écrivain le plus original de notre époque, et Peter Kemp le décrit comme absolument fabuleux. Un triomphe selon Norman Rush, du New York Times Book Review.

Dans le Sud de l'Inde au XIVe siècle, après une bataille entre deux royaumes oubliés, une fillette de neuf ans, Pampa Kampana, fait une rencontre divine qui bouleverse son destin. Après la mort de sa mère, elle devient le canal d'une déesse qui lui confère des pouvoirs extraordinaires et lui annonce qu'elle participera à l'essor de Bisnaga, la "cité de la victoire". Au fil des deux cent cinquante années suivantes, la vie de Pampa Kampana s'entrelace avec celle de Bisnaga, depuis sa fondation à partir de graines magiques jusqu'à sa chute tragique, causée par l'hubris des puissants. À travers ses murmures, elle s'efforce de réaliser la mission divine de promouvoir l'égalité des femmes dans un monde patriarcal. Cependant, les histoires échappent souvent à leur créateur, et Bisnaga ne fait pas exception. Avec le temps, les dirigeants changent, des batailles se déroulent, et les allégeances fluctuent, rendant la réalité de Bisnaga de plus en plus complexe, tout en gardant Pampa Kampana au cœur de son récit. Présentée comme une traduction d'une épopée ancienne, cette saga mêle amour, aventure et mythe, illustrant le pouvoir infini des mots.

Au centre du monde se tient Vina Apsara, grande chanteuse de rock adulée. Sous ses pieds, la terre tremble et bouleverse tout. A la périphérie de cet épicentre, Raï raconte la passion indestructible qui unit Vina, son amour de toujours, et Ormus, son rival depuis l'enfance. Il nous soumet sa vision fragmentée, presque épiphanique, à l'image de ses photographies mais aussi de ses incursions dans la vie de Vina. Tels les clichés qui permettent à certains événements d'exister pleinement, le récit du narrateur fait office de point d'ancrage à Vina et Ormus, Orphée et Eurydice modernes trop beaux pour ne pas être invulnérables. Car La Terre sous ses pieds est aussi un roman de la limite, du seuil de part et d'autre duquel les choses se correspondent et se questionnent. Premier roman d'amour de Rushdie, cet ouvrage laisse au lecteur essoufflé, ébahi et ému, le sentiment de quelque chose de neuf. L'oeuvre de Rushdie est décidément un étonnement permanent, une quête sans cesse renouvelée malgré sa constance. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters

La célébrité de ce livre vient de ce que son auteur a été condamné à mort par l'Ayatollah Komeiny (décédé peu après) pour crime de lèse-Mahomet. Mais comme le souligne J. P. Péroncel-Hugoz, l'islam n'est pas la seule cible de ce roman parodique et rocambolesque qui se déroule entre deux pôles: Bombay et Londres. L'Inde et l'immigration (essentiellement indienne à Londres) sont au coeur de cette fresque-dédale anglo-indo-pakistanaise "à l'écriture incandescente". Accès plutôt difficile.

Dans la ville de Kahani, au pays d'Alifbay, Luka, douze ans, mene une vie heureuse et paisible avec sa mere Soraya, son pere Rachid Khalifa, conteur, et son frere Haroun, de vingt ans son aîné. Tout bascule le jour ou son pere sombre dans un sommeil sans fin. Pour le sauver, le jeune Luka doit partir a la recherche du Feu de la Vie. Reprenant la mer des histoires ou son frere avait tant navigué, il traverse les obstacles magiques, voyage en tapis volant, cherche son chemin dans les «brumes du Temps»… Vingt ans apres Haroun et la mer des histoires, Salman Rushdie nous offre un nouveau conte melant a l’univers des jeux vidéo ceux de Tolkien et des Mille et Une Nuits. D’une plume espiegle et fantasque, il nous démontre encore une fois que l’écriture est le temple de la liberté et de l’enfance éternelle.

Le 14 février 1989, S. Rushdie reçoit une fatwa de Khomeini pour Les versets sataniques. Il décrit sa vie en clandestinité, son changement d'identité, et son combat pour la liberté, tout en partageant son quotidien sous surveillance armée et sa quête de soutien auprès des médias et des politiciens.

Le jour de l'investiture de Barack Obama, Néron Golden, un énigmatique millionnaire venu d'un lointain Orient accompagné de sa jeune maîtresse russe et de ses trois fils adultes aussi brillants que névrosés, prend ses quartiers dans le bijou architectural des Jardins, au coeur de Greenwich Village a NewYork. Parmi les demeures voisines se trouve celle de René Unterlinden, jeune cinéaste putatif, traumatisé par la récente disparition de ses parents. Quand les Golden emménagent, René comprend qu'ils seront son remede et sa muse, et calque l'écriture de son film sur les événements qui secouent cette maisonnée aux secrets qui lui échappent encore. Tandis qu'un Joker aux cheveux teints observe dans l'ombre l'Amérique des grandes espérances de 2008 et se repaît de leur progressive dégradation, Salman Rushdie écrit un monde contemporain en proie aux doutes, et en transcende les peurs, les reves et les égarements de son éblouissante imagination.

A tall, yellow-haired young European traveler, calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', arrives at the court of Emperor Akbar with a captivating tale that soon obsesses the imperial capital. He claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, Qara Koz, known for her beauty and rumored sorcery. Captured by an Uzbek warlord and later the Shah of Persia, she ultimately becomes the lover of Argalia, a Florentine soldier serving the Ottoman Sultan. When Argalia returns to Florence with Qara Koz, her presence mesmerizes the city, leading to significant turmoil. The narrative explores a woman's struggle for autonomy in a patriarchal society, intertwining two worlds: the opulent Mughal capital, where Akbar grapples with belief, desire, and familial betrayal, and the sensual Florentine realm, rich with courtesans and humanist thought, where Niccolò Machiavelli learns the harsh realities of power. Despite their geographical distance, these worlds reveal striking similarities, bound by the enchantments of women. The central questions arise: Is Mogor's story genuine? What fate befell the lost princess? And if he is deceitful, what consequences await him?

Lorsque les sceaux cosmiques se brisent, le monde des jinns et celui des hommes se rencontrent brièvement. Sous des formes humaines, les jinns visitent notre planète, attirés par nos extravagances et lassés de leur monotonie. Dunia, princesse jinnia de la Foudre, est venue sur terre au xiie siècle et est tombée amoureuse d'Ibn Rushd (Averroès), avec qui elle a eu une descendance jinn. Lors de son second voyage, neuf siècles plus tard, elle découvre que son bien-aimé n'est plus et que des jinns obscurs, partisans du radicalisme religieux de Ghazali, cherchent à asservir la terre. Pour combattre cette menace, Dunia s'entoure de quatre de ses enfants et réveille leurs pouvoirs magiques, afin de lutter contre un ennemi qui propage le fanatisme, la corruption, le terrorisme et le dérèglement climatique. En s'inspirant d'une tradition narrative millénaire tout en intégrant une esthétique moderne, l'auteur propose une fiction à la fois imaginative et d'une grande pertinence.

Contributions : Marjane Satrapi, bernard-Henri Lévy, Alberto Moravia, Michel Butel, Yann Moix, Nils Minkmar, Donatien Grau, Jacques Henric, Raphaël Haddad, Christophe Ayad, Laurent Dispot, Pascal Bacqué, Olivier Zahm, Anne-Sophie Mercier, Pierre Bergé, Claude Lanzmann. Les inédits de l'Imec pour la RDJDossier : Salman Rushdie, 20 ans après la Fatwa

Retells the adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.

If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour. Two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy against the backdrop of national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor.These five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home – India, England and America – and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life. They are the reckoning with mortality that we all must one day make, and speak deeply to what the author has come from and through.Do we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it? How can we bid farewell to the places that we have made home? How do we achieve fulfilment with our lives if we don't know the end of our own stories? The Eleventh Hour ponders life and death, legacy and identity with the penetrating insight and boundless imagination that have made Salman Rushdie one of the most celebrated writers of our time.Brought to you by Penguin.

From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey of the evolution of language and culture. Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, including several never previously in print, Languages of Truth chronicles a period of momentous cultural shifts. Across a wide variety of subjects, Rushdie delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and what emerges is a love letter to literature itself. Throughout, Rushdie shares his personal encounters, on the page and in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison, and revels in the creative lines that can join art and life. Always attuned to the malleability of language, Rushdie considers the nature of truth, and looks anew at migration, multiculturalism and censorship. Written with the author's signature wit and energy, Languages of Truth offers pleasure and insight in equal measure, confirming Rushdie's place as one of the most original and important thinkers of our time.

Celebrated as one of the BBC's 100 greatest children's books, this story captivates young readers with its imaginative narrative and relatable characters. It explores themes of adventure, friendship, and the power of imagination, making it a timeless classic. The book's engaging plot draws children into a vibrant world, encouraging them to dream and explore. Its enduring appeal has made it a beloved choice for generations, ensuring that it continues to inspire and entertain young audiences today.

The Nehrus are a dynasty without precedent in the modern world; nowhere else and at no other time in recent history has a single family wielded such enduring and pervasive power over the country and the electorate they serve. From Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter, Indira Gandhi, and from there, via Sanjay and Rajiv to most recently Sonia, this remarkable family have consistently established both the parameters and rhetoric of India's political development. In the eighties, Tariq Ali made several trips to India, meeting a wide range of political and public figures, including Mrs Gandhi, and leaders of both the Congress and Opposition parties. The Nehrus and the Gandhis, first published in 1985, was the result. Now updated to include the most recent chapters in India's political history, it remains as relevant as ever, offering an intricate and revealing portrait of power, seen through the continued rise and eyes of one family.

Haroun's father is the greatest of all storyletters. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun is determined to return the storyteller's gift to his father. So he flies off on the back of the Hoopie bird to the Sea of Stories - and a fantastic adventure begins.

Crossing a border, taking even a single step beyond that imaginary line that marks the end of one world and the beginning of another, means being profoundly transformed. The border, the limit, the boundary awaken our consciousness. They are the place where we cannot escape the truth: we shed the comfortable clothes of our daily existence that hide the more brutal aspects of reality, to observe things as they are. In this collection of essays and articles, Salman Rushdie crosses many borders and invites us to go beyond the confines of a narrow worldview on politics, literature, and culture, straddling the 20th and 21st centuries. In these writings, which touch on a wide variety of topics, from The Wizard of Oz to U2, from Indian writers to the death of Princess Diana, from football to the struggle against the Iranian fatwa, from Kosovo to the relationship between Islam and the West before and after September 11, Rushdie is incisive, sharp, and ironic. Even when discussing his own life pursued by religious extremists, he remains intelligent and original, confirming his status as one of the most important contemporary intellectuals.

The indian subcontinent has produced some of the worlds greatest writers, and a body of literature unsurpassed in its sustained imagination, impassioned lyricism and sparkling tragi-comedy now salman rushdie and elizabeth west have collected together the finest indian writing of the last fifty years published to coincide with the anniversary of indias independence, it is an anthology of extraordinary range and vigour, as exciting and varied as the land that inspired it including works mulk raj anand gita mehta anjana appachana ved mehta vikram chandra rohinton mistry upamanyu chatterjee r k narayan amit chaudhuri jawaharlal nehru nirad c chaudhuri padma perera anita desai satyajit ray kiran desai arundhati roy g v desani salman rushdie amitav ghosh nayantara sahgal githa hariharan i allan sealy ruth prawer jhabvala vikram seth firdaus kanga bapsi sidhwa mukul kesavan sara suleri saadat hasan manto shashi tharoor kamala markandaya ardashir vakil

Los Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls is knifed to death on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the Clown. The dead man is a World War II Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability and much erotic appeal, a former United States ambassador to India, and subsequently America's counter-terrorism chief. The murder looks at first like a political assassination but turns out to be passionately personal.

This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a “magnificent array” (Library Journal) of voices both new and recognized.With Rushdie at the helm, the 2008 edition “reflects the variety of substance and style and the consistent quality that readers have come to expect” (Publishers Weekly).“We all live in and with and by stories, every day, whoever and wherever we are. The freedom to tell each other the stories of ourselves, to retell the stories of our culture and beliefs, is profoundly connected to the larger subject of freedom itself.”—Salman Rushdie, editorIntroduction / by Salman Rushdie --Admiral / T.C. Boyle --The year of silence / Kevin Brockmeier --Galatea / Karen Brown --Man and wife / Katie Chase --Virgins / Danielle Evans --Closely held / Allegra Goodman --May we be forgiven / A.M. Homes --From the desk of Daniel Varsky / Nicole Krauss --The king of sentences / Jonathan Lethem --The worst you ever feel / Rebecca Makkai --The wizard of West Orange / Steven Millhauser --Nawabdin Electrician / Daniyal Mueenuddin --Child's play / Alice Munro --Buying Lenin / Miroslav Penkov --Vampires in the lemon grove / Karen Russell --Puppy / George Saunders --Quality of life / Christine Sneed --Missionaries / Bradford Tice --Straightaway / Mark Wisniewski --Bible / Tobias Wolff

Salman Rushdie reflects on "The Wizard of Oz" as his first literary influence, emphasizing its themes of adult inadequacy and children's empowerment. He argues it transcends mere fantasy, addressing exile and the creation of one's own home. This edition includes Rushdie's new short story, "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers," alongside a new foreword and cover design.

In his extraordinary third novel, first published in 1983, Salman Rushdie gives readers a colorful, complex fantasy of history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country not quite Pakistan, the story centers around the families of two men engaged in a protracted duel that is played out in the political life of their country.

Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie delivers an utterly modern remake of Don Quixote with an epic love story set in the Age of Anything Can Happen.

This edition includes a new Preface by the author to the 1997 paperback edition. In this portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of a revolution. Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986, "harboring no preconceptions of what he might find." What he discovered was for him overwhelming: a culture of heroes who had turned into inanimate objects and of politicians and warriors who were poets, a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions. Rushdie came to know an enormous range of people, from the Foreign Minister--a priest--to a midwife who kept a pet cow in her living room. His perceptions always heightened by his special sensitivity to "the views from underneath," Rushdie reveals a land resounding to the clashes between history and morality, government and individuals. In The Jaguar Smile Rushdie brings us--as few Americans or Europeans could--the true Nicaragua, where nothing is simple, everything is contested, and struggles to the death are daily fare.

In these nine stories, Salman Rushdie looks at what happens when East meets West, at the forces that pull his characters first in one direction, then the other. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out in a violent world fantasies hatched by "Star Trek"; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. The stories in "East, West" show the extraordinary range and power of Salman Rushdie's writing.

Flapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister. But after 777 years of sailing the world's seas, he becomes weary of life, and sets out to find the mystical Calf Island, a place where his fellow immortals have gathered and created their own version of the human race.

Malik Solanka, a middle-aged ex-philosophy professor and millionaire creator of a hugely popular doll, seeks refuge from his unwanted fame and disintegrating marriage in New York City.

"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."—E. M. Forster In her most ambitious novel to date, Reggie Nadelson continues to explore the life of Artie Cohen, a New York police detective with deep ties to his Russian heritage and a close friendship with the flamboyant club owner Tolya Sverdloff. Artie's world is shaken when he discovers a murdered girl in Brooklyn, bound in duct tape on a swing. The intended victim was actually Tolya's daughter, Valentina, whom Artie has long cherished. Rushing to London to inform Tolya, Artie finds himself ensnared in a dangerous web of Russian crime and wealth. Londongrad, as it's known, has become a haven for the new Russian underworld, reminiscent of Berlin at the end of World War II. As Artie delves deeper, he travels to Moscow, navigating the complexities between the old KGB and the new FSB. In this perilous journey, he uncovers painful truths about his past that ultimately threaten Tolya's life, forcing Artie to confront his loyalties and the cost of friendship amidst a backdrop of crime and betrayal.

Presents a portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua. This book brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of revolution. It shows us the true Nicaragua, where nothing is simple, everything is contested, and life-or-death struggles are an everyday occurrence.

On a Sunday night in 1998, Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death in his garage. Just two days earlier, a Church-sponsored report had implicated Guatemala's government in the murders and disappearances of some 200,000 civilians. The Church, realizing that it could not rely on the legal system to look into the bishop's murder, took the controversial decision to form an investigative team of young men who called themselves Los Intocables (the Untouchables) to find the killers.For seven years, Francisco Goldman followed Los Intocables' efforts to uncover the truth. He observed firsthand some of the most crucial developments in the case, including the killing and forced exile of witnesses, judges and lawyers. The Art of Political Murder is his mesmerising account of the investigation. In telling it, Goldman opens a window on the new Latin American reality of mara youth gangs and organized crime, and demonstrates, at the most intimate level, the difficulties of building democracy in a country awash with political corruption and criminality. Most of all, it is the story of an extraordinary group of courageous people and their fight for justice.

A new collection of journalism from one of the great titans of 20th century literature "I don't want to be remembered for One Hundred Years of Solitude or for the Nobel Prize but rather for my journalism," Gabriel García Márquez said in the final years of his life. And while some of his journalistic writings have been made available over the years, this is the first volume to gather a representative selection from across the first four decades of his career--years during which he worked as a full-time, often muckraking, and controversial journalist, even as he penned the fiction that would bring him the Nobel Prize in 1982. Here are the first pieces he wrote while working for newspapers in the coastal Colombian cities of Cartagena and Barranquilla . . . his longer, more fictionlike reportage from Paris and Rome . . . his monthly columns for Spain's El País. And while all the work points in style, wit, depth, and passion to his fiction, these fifty pieces are, more than anything, a revelation of the writer working at the profession he believed to be "the best in the world." 'García Márquez always thought of himself as a journalist first and foremost and this brilliant collection goes a long way towards justifying that belief.' Salman Rushdie

If there's an attempt to silence a writer, the best response is to amplify their voice. Salman Rushdie's works are marked by acclaim, success, and controversy, earning him both literary fame and global protests. Following the publication of The Satanic Verses, he faced a life-threatening bounty for nearly a decade. While Rushdie has given numerous interviews, many of his most insightful discussions have appeared in various international journals and newspapers. This collection compiles some of the finest and rarest interviews with him. Rushdie's writing extends beyond novels; he is also a travel writer, short story creator, filmmaker, children's author, essayist, and a critical commentator on contemporary culture, especially regarding race and inequality. He emphasizes the novel's power to express suppressed truths, making it a dangerous art form in oppressive regimes. In these interviews, he discusses his creative process, views on art and politics, and his life before and after the fatwa. Articulate and witty, Rushdie reveals the complexities that fuel his controversial reputation. He embraces risk in his writing, pushing the boundaries of the novel and language. These conversations showcase his sharp intellect, humor, and unwavering commitment to justice.

„Když Christopher Hitchens dopsal svou knihu Bůh není veliký, poslal mi ji, abych si ji přečetl, a já mu řekl, jen napůl v žertu, že má v názvu jedno slovo navíc; bylo by užitečné, kdyby vymazal ‚veliký‘.“ Touto větou otevírá známý spisovatel esej Instinkt svobody. V kolekci brilantně napsaných textů se Rushdie profiluje nejen jako oddaný obhájce svobody slova a umělecké výpovědi, ale především jako znalec světového písemnictví a kultury. Věnuje se velkým literátům 20. století z rodu Kurta Vonneguta nebo Samuela Becketta, srovnává Shakespearovo mistrovství se Cervantesovým, na příkladu Aje Wej-weje, Pussy Riot či Roberta Saviana ukazuje, jakou roli hraje v tvorbě odvaha. Nechybí ani příspěvky, které se věnují dopadení bin Ládina nebo koronavirové pandemii. Rushdie vždy píše s vášnivým zaujetím pro styl, ve kterém se prolíná přesnost pozorování s bohatou obrazností. A se smyslem pro pravdu, bez ohledu na to, jak riskantní může být.

Von Salman Rushdie, einer der bedeutendsten Denker unserer Zeit, ist dies eine prägnante und inspirierende Sammlung von Essays, Kritiken und Reden, die die Leser auf eine aufregende Reise durch die Entwicklung von Sprache und Kultur mitnimmt. Die zwischen 2003 und 2020 verfassten Texte, darunter mehrere bisher unveröffentlichte, dokumentieren eine Zeit bedeutender kultureller Veränderungen. Rushdie taucht in die Natur des Geschichtenerzählens als tief menschliches Bedürfnis ein, und was entsteht, ist eine Liebeserklärung an die Literatur selbst. Er teilt persönliche Begegnungen mit Geschichtenerzählern von Shakespeare und Cervantes bis hin zu Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty und Toni Morrison und erfreut sich an den kreativen Verbindungen zwischen Kunst und Leben. Immer auf die Formbarkeit der Sprache eingestellt, betrachtet Rushdie die Natur der Wahrheit und beleuchtet Migration, Multikulturalismus und Zensur neu. Mit dem charakteristischen Witz und der Energie des Autors bietet dieses Werk sowohl Freude als auch Einsicht.

Der neue große Roman über Liebe, Macht und die Kraft des Erzählens von Booker-Preisträger Salman Rushdie Südindien im 14. Jahrhundert: Die neunjährige Waise Pampa Kampana wird von einer Göttin auserkoren, ihre menschliche Hülle und ihr Sprachrohr in die Welt zu sein. In ihrem Namen erschafft Pampa aus einer Handvoll Samen eine Stadt: Bisnaga – Victory City, das Wunder der Welt. All ihr Handeln beruht auf der großen Aufgabe, die ihr die Göttin gestellt hat: den Frauen in einer patriarchalen Welt eine gleichberechtigte Rolle zu geben. Aber die Schöpfungsgeschichte Bisnagas nimmt mehr und mehr ihren eigenen Lauf. Während die Jahre vergehen, Herrscher kommen und gehen, Schlachten gewonnen und verloren werden und sich Loyalitäten verschieben, ist das Leben von Pampa Kampana untrennbar mit dieser Stadt verbunden. Von ihrem Aufstieg zu einem Weltreich bis zu ihrem tragischen Fall. Salman Rushdie erhielt den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2023 »für seine Unbeugsamkeit, seine Lebensbejahung und dafür, dass er mit seiner Erzählfreude die Welt bereichert.« (Aus der Begründung der Jury)

Twee essays van de Britse auteur (1947- ) naar aanleiding van de commotie rond zijn roman "De duivelsverzen".

Salman Rushdie erhält den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2023 »für seine Unbeugsamkeit, seine Lebensbejahung und dafür, dass er mit seiner Erzählfreude die Welt bereichert.« (Aus der Begründung der Jury) »Als ich nach Nicaragua fuhr, hatte ich nicht die Absicht, ein Buch darüber zu schreiben oder überhaupt zu schreiben; doch die Begegnung mit dem Land hat mich so tief bewegt, dass mir keine andere Wahl blieb.« Als Salman Rushdie 1986 nach Nicaragua reist, ist er überwältigt: von den Menschen und ihrer Kultur, von der Schönheit der Natur, aber auch von der komplizierten politischen Lage. Er findet ein Land mitten im Umbruch vor – ein zutiefst widersprüchliches und zugleich wunderschönes Land, dessen Zauber der Erzähler Rushdie mit seiner ganz eigenen, besonderen Sprache erfasst. Ein großer Autor bereist ein Land im Umbruch »Rushdie zeigt uns das Land in seinen leuchtend bunten Farben.« (New York Times)

In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a danger-laden expedition to Florida. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive. As he journeys across America with his Spanish companions, the Old World roles of slave and master fall away, and Estebanico remakes himself as an equal, a healer, and a remarkable storyteller. His tale illuminates the ways in which our narratives can transmigrate into history¿and how storytelling can offer a chance at redemption and survival.

S még mi mindenre vágyunk hasztalan! Mennyire ritka lett a szivárvány is. Vajon elvárható-e akár egy bűvös cipellőtől is, hogy működjék? Azt ígéri, hazavisz bennünket, de vajon föl tudja-e fogni az otthonlét metaforáit?

Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller What is the difference between friendship and love? Jewish and mercurial, a talented pianist tortured by nerves when he has to play in public, Anton fails to understand how deeply and irrevocably his life and Gustav's are entwined.

Ukrytý v hliněné nádobě. Zapečetěný voskem. Pohřbený v srdci zničeného paláce uprostřed popela jedné z největších, téměř zapomenutých indických říší. Příběh, který čeká na odvyprávění. Ve čtrnáctém století našeho letopočtu na jihu území, kterému dnes říkáme Indie, devítiletá Pampa Kampana poprvé uslyší hlas bohyně. Přísahá jí, že zajistí, aby už žádnou ženu nestihl osud její milované matky. S pomocí zázraků Pampa vybuduje velké město zvané Bisnaga – „město vítězství“, kde jsou ženy rovny mužům. Každé dílo se však může svému tvůrci vymknout z rukou a Bisnaga není výjimkou. Mnohovrstevnatý text nám v lecčems připomíná pohádky z Tisíce a jedné noci, propojení intrik a nadpřirozena zase současnou popkulturu, jako je Hra o trůny. Rushdie svým doposud posledním románem znovu skládá hold příběhu, který je na rozdíl od lidí a říší nesmrtelným. Řečeno s autorem: Jedinými vítězi jsou slova.

Bloemlezing van literaire en populair-wetenschappelijke teksten van binnen- en buitenlandse auteurs over engelen.

Das Weltereignis: Salman Rushdie erzählt die Geschichte des Attentats auf ihn und schafft daraus große Literatur Im August 2022 wird Salman Rushdie während einer Lesung auf offener Bühne mit einem Messer angegriffen und schwer verletzt. Mehr als dreißig Jahre nachdem das iranische Regime wegen seines Romans »Die satanischen Verse« eine Fatwa gegen ihn ausgesprochen hat, holt ihn die Bedrohung ein. Salman Rushdie überlebt den Anschlag und hält seinem Angreifer das schärfste Schwert entgegen: Er verarbeitet diese unvorstellbare Tat, die die ganze Welt in Atem hielt, zu einer Geschichte über Angst, Dankbarkeit und den Kampf für Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung. »Knife« ist Salman Rushdies persönlichstes Werk, dringlich und unerschütterlich ehrlich. Eine lebensbejahende Hymne an die Macht der Literatur, dem Undenkbaren einen Sinn zu geben.

Parafrase van de Orpheusmythe, waarin een fotograaf op zoek gaat naar zijn minnares, een plotseling van de aardbodem verdwenen wereldberoemde popzangeres.