How true. I hadn’t heard of Rushdie until ‘The Satanic Verses’ and all the Iranian death threats started. Ironic to think that the fatwah is in all probability a major influence in his popularity as an author and thereby has contributed to his getting a knighthood.
Personally I don’t see how anyone being given a knighthood by this pointless monarchy of ours has even the slightest bit of importance to do with anything =\
I think effigy burning is a national passtime in Pakistan , there is no international cricket being played at the moment , so they gotta burn something !!!
Hey, I read that book, and my only objection to Rushdie getting any honors at all is that he isn’t a good writer! I don’t remember a thing about anything I’ve read of his, which is really saying something. I mean, I’ve read books in latin and ancient french which have impressed me more. I think Rushdie is the Forrest Gump of literature. (I hated that movie, too! I always said it predicted George Bush and the decline of western civilisation!)
Well, I would have to say I couldnt disagree more - I thought the book was brilliant - its symbolically interwoven sideplots are etched into my mind forever - it was a somewhat painful process (the etching) in which I went blind for a short while, but it was worth it.
Seriously though, its a great introduction to the genre of magical realism — I’d highly recommend it for anyone who has the attention span to deal with a 900 page book.
And yes, its true, a thank you to the advertisers is neccessary, without their publicising I might never have read it.
Well, I still think it was a stinker. I like magical realism, when it’s Marquez, but I did not like Rushdie. Just a matter of taste, I guess. I still can’t remember a darned thing about any of the books I’ve read of his. Which surprises even me. I draw a total blank, and only remember being annoyed that I spent so much time reading them by the time I reached the last page and threw them in the trash or gave them to models I roomed with.
“Somebody explain this to me. How do you carry out a fatwah with bamboo, straw and an old Armani suit. I just dont get it, I’m afraid.”
By burning an effigy?
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June 19th, 2007 at 4:06 am
Amazing that Blair let Rushdie on to the list!
Let’s hope Charles is not doing the knighting: I wouldn’t put a sword, Salman Rushdie and the self-titled ‘defender of faith’ in the same room.
June 19th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
How true. I hadn’t heard of Rushdie until ‘The Satanic Verses’ and all the Iranian death threats started. Ironic to think that the fatwah is in all probability a major influence in his popularity as an author and thereby has contributed to his getting a knighthood.
June 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Personally I don’t see how anyone being given a knighthood by this pointless monarchy of ours has even the slightest bit of importance to do with anything =\
June 19th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I think effigy burning is a national passtime in Pakistan , there is no international cricket being played at the moment , so they gotta burn something !!!
June 19th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
or should that be burn “someone”
June 19th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
The free publicity thing is so true. No doubt The Satanic Verses sales will skyrocket because of this knighthood controversy.
June 20th, 2007 at 6:07 am
Hey, I read that book, and my only objection to Rushdie getting any honors at all is that he isn’t a good writer! I don’t remember a thing about anything I’ve read of his, which is really saying something. I mean, I’ve read books in latin and ancient french which have impressed me more. I think Rushdie is the Forrest Gump of literature. (I hated that movie, too! I always said it predicted George Bush and the decline of western civilisation!)
June 20th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
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June 21st, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Well, I would have to say I couldnt disagree more - I thought the book was brilliant - its symbolically interwoven sideplots are etched into my mind forever - it was a somewhat painful process (the etching) in which I went blind for a short while, but it was worth it.
Seriously though, its a great introduction to the genre of magical realism — I’d highly recommend it for anyone who has the attention span to deal with a 900 page book.
And yes, its true, a thank you to the advertisers is neccessary, without their publicising I might never have read it.
June 21st, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Well, I still think it was a stinker. I like magical realism, when it’s Marquez, but I did not like Rushdie. Just a matter of taste, I guess. I still can’t remember a darned thing about any of the books I’ve read of his. Which surprises even me. I draw a total blank, and only remember being annoyed that I spent so much time reading them by the time I reached the last page and threw them in the trash or gave them to models I roomed with.
June 21st, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Somebody explain this to me. How do you carry out a fatwah with bamboo, straw and an old Armani suit. I just dont get it, I’m afraid.
June 30th, 2007 at 3:42 am
“Somebody explain this to me. How do you carry out a fatwah with bamboo, straw and an old Armani suit. I just dont get it, I’m afraid.”
By burning an effigy?