Salman Rushdie

Kniga, ravno interesnaja i vzroslym, i detjam. Est o chem podumat i chto obsudit. Malchik otpravljaetsja v udivitelnoe puteshestvie, chtoby vernut svoemu ottsu, velikomu rasskazchiku, utrachennyj dar krasnorechija.

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Urozhenets Bombeja, Salman Rushdi zhivet v Velikobritanii i pishet po-anglijski. V 2007 godu emu dazhe prisvoili titul rytsarja Britanskoj Imperii. Slavu pisatelju prines roman "Deti polunochi". Kniga poluchila premii "Buker", "Buker Bukerov" i "Super-Buker" kak luchshij roman iz vsekh poluchivshikh Bukerovskuju premiju za 25 let; pozzhe ona byla ekranizirovana. Detskaja skazka "Luka i ogon zhizni" - prodolzhenie skazochnogo mini-romana "Garun i more istorij". Rushdi napisal "Garuna" v 1990 godu dlja svoego starshego syna Zafara; tot skazal ottsu, chto on dolzhen napisat chto-nibud, chto mozhno budet chitat detjam. Eta kniga stala pervoj dlja pisatelja s togo momenta, kak ajatolla Khomejni zaochno prigovoril ego k smerti za roman "Sataninskie stikhi". Ee geroj, 12-letnij Garun, pomogaet svoemu ottsu vernut dar rasskazchika istorij. "Luku" Rushdi pishet uzhe dlja mladshego syna, Milana. Geroj prodolzhenija, mladshij brat Garuna, takzhe budet pomogat ottsu - na etot raz iskat ogon zhizni.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle - Newsweek/The Daily Beast - The Seattle Times - The Economist - Kansas City Star - BookPage On February 14, 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been "sentenced to death" by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being "against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran." So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. He was asked to choose an alias that the police could call him by. He thought of writers he loved and combinations of their names; then it came to him: Conrad and Chekhov--Joseph Anton. How do a writer and his family live with the threat of murder for more than nine years? How does he go on working? How does he fall in and out of love? How does despair shape his thoughts and actions, how and why does he stumble, how does he learn to fight back? In this remarkable memoir Rushdie tells that story for the first time; the story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech. He talks about the sometimes grim, sometimes comic realities of living with armed policemen, and of the close bonds he formed with his protectors; of his struggle for support and understanding from governments, intelligence chiefs, publishers, journalists, and fellow writers; and of how he regained his freedom. It is a book of exceptional frankness and honesty, compelling, provocative, moving, and of vital importance. Because what happened to Salman Rushdie was the first act of a drama that is still unfolding somewhere in the world every day. Praise for Joseph Anton "A harrowing, deeply felt and revealing document: an autobiographical mirror of the big, philosophical preoccupations that have animated Mr. Rushdie's work throughout his career."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A splendid book, the finest . . . memoir to cross my desk in many a year."--Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post "Thoughtful and astute . . . an important book."--USA Today "Compelling, affecting . . . demonstrates Mr. Rushdie's ability as a stylist and storytelle. . . . He] reacted with great bravery and even heroism."--The Wall Street Journal "Gripping, moving and entertaining . . . nothing like it has ever been written."--The Independent (UK) "A thriller, an epic, a political essay, a love story, an ode to liberty."--Le Point (France) "Action-packed . . . in a literary class by itself . . . Like Isherwood, Rushdie's eye is a camera lens --firmly placed in one perspective and never out of focus."--Los Angeles Review of Books "Unflinchingly honest . . . an engrossing, exciting, revealing and often shocking book."--de Volkskrant (The Netherlands) "One of the best memoirs you may ever read."--DNA (India) "Extraordinary . . . Joseph Anton beautifully modulates between . . . moments of accidental hilarity, and the higher purpose Rushdie saw in opposing--at all costs--any curtailment on a writer's freedom."--The Boston Globe

On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade.

Haroun: What's the use of stories that aren't even true? I asked that question and the Unthinkable Thing happened: my father can't tell stories anymore. That means no more laughter in the city of Alifbay and now the place stinks of sadness. So it's up to me to put things right.

Rasjid Kalifa er en navngjeten forteller som lever et lykkelig liv sammen med sønnen Harun og konen Soraya. Men så en dag går alt galt. Soraya drar sin vei med naboen, og Rasjid mister talegavene sine og kan ikke lenger fortelle historier! Harun vil hjelpe faren, og sammen legger de ut på en spennende reise der de møter den sprø bussjåføren Men, en skravlete, bortført prinsesse og mange andre. Og Harun må utføre et farefullt oppdrag ... Denne humoristiske fabelen handler om kjærligheten mellom far og sønn, om kampen mellom gode og onde makter - og ikke minst om fantasiens og fortellingens kraft. "Den er spennende som et eventyr fra 'Tusen og en natt', bare mer innholdsrik og tankevekkende." Jan Ystad, Dagbladet"... et eventyr som kan glede voksne og barn (...) For den tenksomme er det mangt å finne under overflaten." Eiliv Eide, Bergens Tidende

"Midnattsbarn" er Den store romanen om India - et under av fantasi og fortellerglede, en roman full av utrolige hendelser: fødsler og forvekslinger, kjærlighet og død, krig og andre omveltninger. For leseren åpner det seg et India veldig og gripende i sin størrelse og sammensatthet. "Makeløs roman ... den gnistrer og spraker i ett sett, leseren overveldes både av form og innhold. Det er en mektig litterær opplevelse." Adresseavisen"Rushdie den Store ... Rushdie gir en fysisk fornemmelse av India - Det er kort sagt en overveldende bok... Du verden hvor underholdende den er i tillegg til at den gjør oss klokere på en verden som ellers er nokså lukket for oss." Finn Jor, Aftenposten

En tidlig vintermorgen blir en kapret jumbojet sprengt i luften over Den engelske kanal. Gjennom skydekket faller to personer: Gabreel Farishta, Indias legendariske filmstjerne, og den mer beskjedne skuespilleren og britiske statsborgeren Saladin Chamacha. Som ved et mirakel skylles de opp på en snødekt engelsk strandbredd. Men snart viser det seg at de har gjennomgått merkverdige forandringer. Slik begynner "Sataniske vers", en av etterkrigstidens mest omtalte romaner.

Den 14 februari 1989, på Alla hjärtans dag, fick Salman Rushdie ett samtal från en journalist på BBC som sa att han hade blivit “dömd till döden” av ayatollah Khomeini. Han fick för första gången höra ordet ”fatwa”. Brottet? Han hade skrivit en roman som hette Satansverserna, och som anklagades för att vara ”motståndare till islam, profeten och Koranen”. Så börjar historien om hur han fick gå under jord, flytta från hus till hus och dela sitt hem med beväpnade poliser. Han ombads att välja en alias som polisen kunde använda, och kom att tänka på sina favoritförfattare Conrad och Tjechov. Det fick bli en kombination av deras förnamn: Joseph Anton. Hur är det att leva under mordhot i mer än nio åt? Här är det att arbeta under sådana omständigheter? Hur är det möjligt att hålla kärleken vid liv och att finna en ny kärlek? Hur formar den förtvivlan han känner hans tankar och handlingar? Hur lär han sig att till slut slå tillbaka? I denna memoarbok berättar Rushdie denna historia för första gången. Berättelsen om vår tids viktigaste kamp för yttrandefrihet. Han berättar om hur slitsamt och ibland komiskt livet kan te sig när man måste dela bostad med beväpnade poliser, om kampen för stöd och förståelse från regeringar, förläggare, journalister och författarkolleger – och om hur han till slut fick sin frihet. Joseph Anton är en uppriktig berättelse, medryckande, provocerande och gripande och mycket angelägen. För det som hände Salman Rushdie var första akten i ett drama som fortfarande pågår i världen varje dag.

The Wizard of Oz 'was my very first literary influence,' writes Salman Rushdie in his account of the great MGM children's classic. At the age of ten he had written a story, 'Over the Rainbow', about a colourful fantasy world. But for Rushdie The Wizard of Oz is more than a children's film, and more than a fantasy. It's a story whose driving force is the inadequacy of adults, in which 'the weakness of grown-ups forces children to take control of their own destinies'. And Rushdie rejects the conventional view that its fantasy of escape from reality ends with a comforting return to home, sweet home. On the contrary, it is a film that speaks to the exile. The Wizard of Oz shows that imagination can become reality, that there is no such place like home, or rather that the only home is the one we make for ourselves. Rushdie's brilliant insights into a film more often seen than written about are rounded off with his typically scintillating short story, 'At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers,' about the day when Dorothy's red shoes are knocked down to $15,000 at a sale of MGM props. In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Rushdie looks back to the circumstances in which he wrote the book, when, in the wake of the controversy surrounding The Satanic Verses and the issue of a fatwa against him, the idea of home and exile held a particular resonance.

När Salman Rushdie gav ut sin Harun och sagornas hav för drygt tjugo år sedan hade författaren sedan en tid tillbaka varit tvungen att leva med ständigt livvaktsskydd och på hemliga adresser på grund av den fatwa som ayatolla Khomeyni utfärdade 1989. Anledningen till denna dödsdom var utgivningen av Satansverserna, Rushdies fjärde roman, som av fundamentalistiska muslimer uppfattades som hädelse, och det tog många år innan Rushdie kunde känna sig någorlunda säker i offentliga miljöer igen. I Harun och sagornas hav, som var första boken sedan Satansverserna, kunde Rushdie gestalta något av den sorg och ilska han kände över den påtvingade inre exilen och den fantasistrypande inställningen bakom fatwan. När Salman Rushdie nu återkommer med en berättelse i samma anda och med delvis samma huvudpersoner så är det med samma språkliga lust och med samma glödande kärlek till konsten att berätta en historia. Luka är bror till Harun, som lyckades rädda sin fars förlorade sagoskatt i Harun och sagornas hav. Nu är fadern illa ute igen, och den här gången får Luka rycka ut. Fadern Rashid Khalifa har på ett obegripligt sätt fallit i sömn och det visar sig vara en sömn han inte kan vakna ur av egen kraft. Luka måste ge sig ut med sina husdjur hunden Björn och björnen Hund för att hitta livets eld och rädda sin pappa, i en värld som är en underbar kombination av Alice i underlandet och ett modernt tv-spel, en färgsprakande, skrämmande och lustfylld vuxensaga där språket är själva livet.

"You've reached the age at which people in this family cross the border into the magical world. It's your turn for an adventure--yes, it's finally here " So says Haroun to his younger brother, twelve-year-old Luka. The adventure begins one beautiful starry night in the land of Alifbay, when Luka's father, Rashid, falls suddenly into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one can rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka embarks on a journey through the world of magic with his loyal companions, Bear, the dog, and Dog, the bear. Together they encounter a slew of fantastical creatures, strange allies, and challenging obstacles along the way--all in the hope of stealing the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly treacherous task.

IMAGINEyou are Luka, a twelve-year-old boy who has to save the life of the storyteller father you adore. IMAGINEyou have two loyal companions by your side: a bear called Dog who can sing and a dog called Bear who can dance.

With the same dazzling imagination and love of language that have made Salman Rushdie one of the great storytellers of our time, Luka and the Fire of Life revisits the magic-infused, intricate world he first brought to life in the modern classic Haroun and the Sea of Stories. This breathtaking new novel centers on Luka, Haroun’s younger brother, who must save his father from certain doom. For Rashid Khalifa, the legendary storyteller of Kahani, has fallen into deep sleep from which no one can wake him. To keep his father from slipping away entirely, Luka must travel to the Magic World and steal the ever-burning Fire of Life. Thus begins a quest replete with unlikely creatures, strange alliances, and seemingly insurmountable challenges as Luka and an assortment of enchanted companions race through peril after peril, pass through the land of the Badly Behaved Gods, and reach the Fire itself, where Luka’s fate, and that of his father, will be decided. Filled with mischievous wordplay and delving into themes as universal as the power of filial love and the meaning of mortality, Luka and the Fire of Life is a book of wonders for all ages.

Drawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays, demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers. With candour, eloquence and indignation he carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late-twentieth century race, religion and politics. Elsewhere he trains his eye on literature and fellow writers, from Julian Barnes on love to the politics of George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale', providing fresh insight on Kipling, V. S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, John le Carré, Raymond Carver, Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon among others. Profound, passionate and insightful, Imaginary Homelands is a masterful collection from one of the greatest writers working today.

Salman Rushdien läpimurtoteos. Kaikkien aikojen parhaaksi Booker-voittajaksi valittu Keskiyön lapset on maagisen realismin merkkipaalu, terävä poliittinen satiiri ja humoristinen perhetarina. Keskiyöllä 15. elokuuta 1947 ilotulitteiden räiskyessä Intia itsenäistyy ja Saleem Sinai syntyy - kuten myös tuhat muuta lasta: keskiyön lapset, joista jokaisella on oma yliluonnollinen kykynsä ja joihin Saleem on telepaattisessa yhteydessä. Saleemin kasvutarina kietoutuu yhteen nuoren valtion kanssa ja sinkoaa hänet keskelle sen kohtalonhetkiä. Salman Rushdie syntyi mumbailaiseen muslimiperheeseen vuonna 1947 ja muutti jo nuorena Englantiin. Hän opiskeli historiaa ja työskenteli mainostoimistossa ennen kirjailijanuraansa. Hänen teoksensa ovat kautta linjan herättäneet valtaisaa ihastusta, mutta myös suurta raivoa. Rushdie asuu nykyään New Yorkissa, ja vuonna 2007 Kuningatar Elisabeth II myönsi hänelle aatelisarvon.

Det börjar vid den kust där pepparn växer. Här grundar familjen da Gama–Zogoiby ett imperium på handeln med kryddor – peppar, kanel, kummin, gurkmeja, kardemumma – och senare också mer speciella varor som Baby Softo barntalk och annat vitt pulver…Ende manlige arvinge till den excentriska familjens enorma förmögenhet är Moraes Zogoiby, en ”högättad korsningsprodukt”: både jude och katolik, arab och portugis – fast ändå indier, med rötter i såväl slum som överklass. ”moren” kallas han, dels för sitt sydindiska mörka skinn, dels för sitt påstådda släktskap med Boabdil den Olycksalige, den siste moren att fördrivas från Spaniens Alhambra. Och liksom en gång Boabdil bringades på fall av ett oblitt öde kommer Moren att falla, också han olycksalig. Hans fall blir en svindlande färd genom Indiens mångfald av fattigdom, fanatism, korruption och skönhet.

When a young European traveller arrives at Sikri, the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the tale he spins brings the whole imperial capital to the brink of obsession. He calls himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, and claims to be the son of a lost princess, whose name and has been erased from the country's history: Qara Koz.