Madelena Gonzalez. Fiction after the Fatwa - Salman Rushdie and the Charm of Catastrophe
On February 14 1989, a day when a ludicrously high number of Western hearts are occupied by cuddly bunnies, saucy undies and a bottle of bubbly, the Ayatollah Khomeini pronounced his fatwa against Salman Rushdie. It was as outrageous, as unthinkable in Western eyes as condemning an old granny to bu...
Uloženo v:
| Vydáno v: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/erea, |
|---|---|
| Hlavní autor: | |
| Médium: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jazyk: | Anglais |
| Vydáno: |
E-rea
2012
|
| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | On February 14 1989, a day when a ludicrously high number of Western hearts are occupied by cuddly bunnies, saucy undies and a bottle of bubbly, the Ayatollah Khomeini pronounced his fatwa against Salman Rushdie. It was as outrageous, as unthinkable in Western eyes as condemning an old granny to burn at the stake for selling potions to cure warts. Yet paradoxically, Muslim Iran was pronouncing the importance of literature, making it something you could die for, while literalising in an unfor... |
|---|