Salman Rushdie

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Indian-British novelist; former writer in residency at Emory University

Salman Rushdie on KCRW

Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte is explored as a modern take on the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, with the opera Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet a strong influence.

Salman Rushdie: Quichotte (Part 2)

Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte is explored as a modern take on the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, with the opera Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet a strong influence.

from Bookworm

Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte depicts the pleasures of fiction.

Salman Rushdie: Quichotte (Part 1)

Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte depicts the pleasures of fiction.

from Bookworm

Salman Rushdie's version of The Arabian Nights, his attempt to understand what the through-line of the collection of classic tales is and partly as a portrait of the human race and its…

Salman Rushdie: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

Salman Rushdie's version of The Arabian Nights, his attempt to understand what the through-line of the collection of classic tales is and partly as a portrait of the human race and its…

from Bookworm

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