subject: And All This While, You Thought He Was Salman Rushdie [print this page] Salman Rushdie, one of the most venerable authors in the world, has enraptured the aficionados of literature with his sheer genius. Midnights Children was just the beginning of the day, a day that was destined to stretch for decades to nourish the million seeds, scattered by a single hand on every inch of the fecund soil. The soil that sprouted roots which holds many humble servants of literature, till this day.
The Stack of your Salman Rushdie Books is About to Get Bigger
You might experience the familiar activity on the ground beneath your feet, as your favourite author Salman Rushdie is back again with his his latest offering Joseph Anton. And the activity, I am talking about could result in debilitating muscular cramps or a running nose after a prolonged exposure to the night chill of cities like Bangalore. How many times do I need to remind you, that queuing up in front of a bookstore is a thing of the past. As, the option of pre-order involved in online shopping can bring this Salman Rushdie book to you, irrespective of the bodily posture you find yourself in, at any given time.
Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie, Could you Spot the Difference?
In the book Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie revisits the dark days of his life. The times when the lethal blow of Fatwa bled the psyche of this author and left him scrounging for security. This was the period that fathered Joseph Anton, a child of necessity, conceived to become an alias of Salman, who needed a name that could be used by an armed police protection team. He christened himself after drawing inspiration from the combinations of several names( Names of his favourite writers) to coin the one that suited him the best: Conrad and Chekhov - Joseph Anton. Rushdie holds back nothing and lays every significant detail on his readers to describe the harrowing experience of making it through, alive with his family for nine fateful years. The reader will find answers to all questions that boggled his/her mind. Questions like- How his pen kept inking literary masterpieces? How did he manage to have fervent affairs that were always brief? This fascinating memoir of a seamless shaper of words exposes the ugly face of few elements that try to curb the freedom of speech, a writers prime prerogative, with every breath they can muster. Salman Rushdie paints a kaleidoscope of emotions in Joseph Anton that appears on the mental frame of readers to make them laugh and turn sombre in the chapters where he narrates his experience of sharing a space with armed policemen.
