The Rushdie Letters: Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Write (Stages) by in Association with Article 19, Steve MacDonogh (Editor) - 1993-02-01

University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 1993 University of Nebraska Press recent printing softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In February 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran announced that Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, and "all involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death." Anyone who died in the cause of killing Rushdie, he said, would be "regarded as a martyr and go directly to heaven." The death sentence-or fatwa-quickly drew blood. Bookshops in London, Oslo, and Sydney were firebombed. Five people were killed and a hundred wounded when demonstrators attacked the U. S. embassy in Islamabad. In Bombay, twelve rioters were shot dead. The Italian translator of The Satanic Verses was stabbed viciously and the Japanese translator was stabbed to death. In Berkeley, bombs were… Read More

University of Nebraska Press , pp. 190 . Papeback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. In February 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran announced that Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses", and 'all involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death'. This title responds to the most extreme example of censorship in modern times.

University of Nebraska Press, 1993-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!