5/27/2023 0 Comments Fury rushdie![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’d like to thank Ryerson for not cancelling the contract,” said the evening’s MC in his introduction, to applause from a captive audience. In the following days, it was decided he should not continue with his book tour, including a scheduled stop at Ryerson last September. Given his history with the religion, it’s easy to understand why Rushdie feared for his life in the weeks following the terrorist attacks. The critically acclaimed author’s earlier novel, The Satanic Verses, enraged much of the Muslim world and prompted Islamic mullahs in Iran to place a fatwa (death sentence) on his head. “And I was planning to come here to talk about it, but I couldn’t. “I wasn’t sure how it would go over,” he said. The author explained how easily geopolitics can influence popular perception of works of art. “ is a satirical look at contemporary New York that changed into a very sentimental look at New York … because of what happened last year,” Rushdie told a sold-out crowd at the Ryerson Theatre Friday night. While everyone was glued to CNN, Rushdie was not only fearing over public reaction to his latest novel, Fury. Was he facing more trouble over one of his novels? Again? Author Salman Rushdie, however, had something else on his mind. 11, most of us were concerned about one thing and one thing only. ![]()
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