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Sir Salman Rushdie has a new novel out and SAJA is hosting hosted a live webcast with him on Monday, June 30, 2-3 pm NY time. Please use the comments section below to post a question or comment that we can use for the discussion.
He'll discuss his latest novel, "The Enchantress of Florence." He will be live with us via phone for 30 minutes for a discussion with arts writer Vibhuti Patel. For the remaining part of the hour, Patel will discuss Rushdie's work and his place in world literature. Your questions and comments will be used throughout the event.
The discussion will be broadcast live using BlogTalkRadio at this link (you can go and set an e-mail reminder there right now).
The timing:
Monday, June 30
2-3 p.m. NYC/DC time (Sir Salman will be calling into a NYC number from DC).
To see local time in your city, go to this link.
See more about "The Enchantress of Florence" at Amazon, where it is a "Best of the Month" selection for June:
Trying to describe a Salman Rushdie novel is like trying to describe music to someone who has never heard it--you can fumble with a plot summary but you won't be able to convey the wonder of his dazzling prose or the imaginative complexity of his vision. At its heart, The Enchantress of Florence is about the power of story--whether it is the imagined life of a Mughal queen, or the devastating secret held by a silver-tongued Florentine. Make no mistake, it is Rushdie who is the true "enchanter" of this story, conjuring readers into his gilded fairy tale from the very first sentence: "In the day's last light the glowing lake below the palace-city looked like a sea of molten gold." At once bawdy, gorgeous, gory, and hilarious, The Enchantress of Florence is a study in contradiction, highlighted in its barbarian philosopher-king who detests his bloodthirsty heritage even while he carries it out. Full of rich sentences running nearly the length of a page, Rushdie's 10th novel blends fact and fable into a challenging but satisfying read. --Daphne Durham
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Earlier on SAJAforum:
- AWARDS: Salman Rushdie awarded knighthood (June 2007)
- INTOLERANCE: Salman Rushdie's visit prompts boycott threat in India (January 2008)
PHOTO: Jay Mandal/On Assigment - Salman Rushdie receiving the India Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award in March 2007.
Here is a video of a recent appreance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report":
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