The world is full of people who are very happy to tell you what you should write and how you should write it. And if you listen to them, you’ll never write anything.
— Salman Rushdie Contemporary

Satanic Verses, magical realism

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Interview with The Guardian

Date / Period

2012

Category

Controversial

Source

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/20/salman-rushdie-joseph-anton

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Unverifiable

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Found in 1 providers: grok

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Cross Reference

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