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Joseph Anton: A Memoir is the 2012 memoir of British-Indian contemporary novelist Salman Rushdie. Its title refers to the pseudonym Rushdie used while in hiding, after the Islamic Republic of Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, enacted a political and religious injunction (called a “fatwa”) against him.
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.
- Salman Rushdie
- 2012
12 de out. de 2012 · Salman Rushdie invented a new self, “Joseph Anton,” as he hid from a murderous fatwa.
Joseph Anton is a memoir by Salman Rushdie that chronicles his life in hiding under the alias Joseph Anton after the publication of The Satanic Verses sparked a fatwa from the Ayatollah Khomeini. It offers a gripping account of the power of literature and the struggle for freedom.
Joseph Anton is the memoir of controversial Indian author, Salman Rushdie and concentrates on the time in his life during which he was under threat of the fatwa imposed by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini for his novel, The Satanic Verses.
26 de mar. de 2010 · Joseph Anton (Brazilian) On 14 February 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.’
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).
