“The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching.”
Salman Rushdie book Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Source: Joseph Anton: A Memoir
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Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by the British Indian writer, Salman Rushdie. It was published in September 2012 by Random House.Rushdie used "Joseph Anton" as a pseudonym while in hiding following the fatwa that had been issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the spiritual and political leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the midst of criticism by some Muslims and a widespread controversy over Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses . He chose the name to honor the writers Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov. Rushdie was annoyed when police officers called him by the more casual nickname, "Joe." The memoir is an account of his life under the ongoing fatwa.
“Life is lived forward but is judged in reverse.”
Salman Rushdie book Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Source: Joseph Anton: A Memoir
