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   Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by the British Indian writer Salman Rushdie, first published in September 2012 by Random House. Rushdie recounts his time in hiding from ongoing threats to his life.

   • Author: Salman Rushdie

   • Publish Year: 2012

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   Sep 18, 2012 · Joseph Anton is a gargantuan memoir that reads like a novel. There are goodies and baddies, and the final prize is the most coveted one of all: freedom of speech. But this structure of extremes isn't the only novelistic flourish.

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   Salman Rushdie’s Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an engaging account of Rushdie’s life in the aftermath of the fatwa issued against him in 1989 (in effect, the Ayatollah Khomeini sentenced him to death for blasphemy against the Prophet for his novel, The Satanic Verses). As a literature major at college, I followed the news of the fatwa (but I ...

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   Joseph Anton: A Memoir. Paperback – 1 Aug. 2013. by Salman Rushdie (Author) 4.3 665 ratings. See all formats and editions. From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down.

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   Mar 26, 2010 · Rushdie's account of his life under a fatwa for writing The Satanic Verses, a novel accused of being 'against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran'. He reveals his struggles, fears, loves, and triumphs in this remarkable memoir of freedom of speech.

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   Sep 10, 2013 · 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.

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   Who wrote Joseph Anton a memoir?

   • Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by the British Indian writer Salman Rushdie, first published in September 2012 by Random House. Rushdie recounts his time in hiding from ongoing threats to his life .

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   Who was Joseph Anton?

   • Joseph Anton was the alias that Salman Rushdie chose (a combination taken from Conrad and Chekhov) when he was in hiding, after being 'sentenced to death' after publication of "The Satanic Verses". On a sunny morning in London in 1989, a few months after the book had been published, a call from a BBC reporter changed his life.

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   Is Joseph Anton a good book?

   • Compelling, provocative, and moving, Joseph Anton is a book of exceptional frankness, honesty, and 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. 636 pages, Hardcover First published January 1, 2012

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   Is Joseph Anton a first person book?

   • Rushdie writes about his period living as "Joseph Anton" in the third rather than the first person. The book was announced as one of the 14 titles in the longlist for the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize on 18 September 2012. ^ Yardley, Jonathan (16 September 2012).

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   What does Joseph Anton tell us about life and death in Shanghai?

   • Though the themes vary greatly between the two books, for sheer punch-you-in-the-mouth impact, Joseph Anton reminds me of Nien Cheng’s astonishing Life and Death in Shanghai. Cheng’s ordeal was more squalorous — she was tossed into a Chinese prison during Mao’s Cultural Revolution —but what she and Rushdie endured is equally beyond conception.

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   Why did Rushdie use a pseudonym 'Joseph Anton'?

   • Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses had led to a widespread controversy among Muslims, prompting the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran. Rushdie began to use "Joseph Anton" as a pseudonym; Rushdie chose the alias to honor the writers Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov.

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10. www.penguin.co.uk › books › 412046Joseph Anton - Penguin Books UK

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    A Memoir. Select a format: Paperback Ebook Audio Download. Retailers: Amazon Blackwells Bookshop.org Foyles Hive Waterstones WHSmith. Summary. From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down.