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Salman Rushdie

(Ahmed Salman Rushdie)
India   (1947 - )
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New and Forthcoming Hardbacks
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Anthologies edited
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing : 1947-1997
 
Non fiction
The Jaguar SmileImaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981-1991The Wizard of OzThe Rushdie Letters: Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Write (Stages Series)
Conversations with Salman RushdieStep Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
 
Anthologies containing stories by Salman Rushdie
The Minerva Book of Short Stories 1
 
Short stories
Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies (1987)


Awards
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Novel winner (1981) : Midnight's Children
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel winner (1981) : Midnight's Children
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1983) : Shame
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1988) : The Satanic Verses
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1995) : The Moor's Last Sigh
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1995) : The Moor's Last Sigh
Whitbread Prize Best Novel nominee (2005) : Shalimar the Clown
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2005) : Shalimar the Clown
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2007) : Shalimar the Clown
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2008) : The Enchantress of Florence


Books about Salman Rushdie
The Rushdie FileSalman Rushdie: Sentenced to DeathSalman RushdieSalman Rushdie
Critical Essays on Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie: A Beginner's GuideSalman Rushdie
 
Links to other websites
salman-rushdie.com


Salman Rushdie recommends
Epitaph of a Small Winner
Epitaph of a Small Winner (1880)
Machado de Assis
"One of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature."
The Murderer
The Murderer (1978)
Roy Heath
"A beautiful writer and an unforgettable book."
The White Hotel
The White Hotel (1981)
D M Thomas
"A novel of blazing imaginative and intellectual force."
In Custody
In Custody (1984)
Anita Desai
"A remarkable piece of work... A magnificent novel."
Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America
Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America (1990)
Jonathan Raban
"When Raban describes America and Americans, he is unfailingly witty and entertaining."
The Ministry of Hope
The Ministry of Hope (1996)
Roy Heath
"A beautiful writer."
Secrets
Secrets (1998)
(Blood in the Sun, book 3)
Nuruddin Farah
"One of the finest contemporary African novelists."
White Teeth
White Teeth (1999)
Zadie Smith
"Zadie Smith's fizzing first novel is about how we all got here - from the Caribbean, from the Indian sub-continent, from the thirteenth place in a long-ago Olympic bicycle race - and about what here turned out to be. It's an astonishingly assured debut, funny and serious, and the voice has real writerly idiosyncrasy. I was delighted by WHITE TEETH, and often impressed. It has ... bite."
Pop
Pop (2001)
Kitty Aldridge
"Kitty Aldridge is a real discovery, a writer of precision, delicacy and wit, and her first novel is a rare delight."
Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton
Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton (2002)
Philip Kerr
"A brilliantly innovative thriller writer."
A Chapter of Hats
A Chapter of Hats (2008)
Machado de Assis
"The kind of humour that makes skulls smile."
The Girl On the Fridge
The Girl On the Fridge (2008)
Etgar Keret
"A brilliant writer... completely unllike any writer I know. The voice of the next generation."
Eating Air
Eating Air (2009)
Pauline Melville
"A genuinely original writer."
Revenge
Revenge (2010)
Taslima Nasrin
"Taslima Nasrin has spoken out about the oppression of women under Islam, and what she's said needed saying."
The Pleasure Seekers
The Pleasure Seekers (2010)
Tishani Doshi
"This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises... to powerful metaphorical heights."



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