Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-04-26
Books mentioned on Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie is a controversial, surrealist novel that explores themes of migration, religious identity, and faith, ultimately sparking international outrage and a formal fatwa demanding the author's death upon its publication.
Discussed“long before I read literary fiction he just said in my Consciousness as the author of this Eerie sounding novel called The Satanic Verses a novel so somehow dangerous he had to go into hiding after the supreme leader of Iran said he and anyone involved in it should be killed for blaspheming Islam”
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DON QUIXOTE
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is a monumental masterwork of western literature that follows the delusional yet noble knight-errant as he attempts to revive chivalry across rural Spain.
Recommended“so I would recommend Don kote”
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