Satanic Verses deals with the scope of life and death, Bollywood films, utterly destructive love and romance (the mother pushing her children out of a building and following them), sin and lust and climbing Everest. It is a work broad in its material and eloquent in its execution and about so much more than just a few misguided verses. To mark this book as unfit and unacceptable just because a few people are offended is an insult to those of us who don’t share the same belief systems.
Month: January 2012
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Language of Flowers was billed to me as the Eat, Pray, Love of 2011. As someone who considers ‘women’s… Read more The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Why the Anti-SOPA Movement Matters
I have said before that I am a supporter of Anonymous and all their crazy folks, and today is a good day for a… Read more Why the Anti-SOPA Movement Matters
Review of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
I realise that this review is several months too late to capitalise on the buzz this book generated with the… Read more Review of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Margaret Atwood on Writing and Publishing
In this article about her book Negotiating With the Dead, Margaret Atwood best describes how very difficult the publishing game… Read more Margaret Atwood on Writing and Publishing
McDonald’s and Michael Morpurgo
It has been announced that author Michael Morpurgo has authorised the distribution of nine million copies of Mossop’s Last Chance and Martians at Mudpuddle Farm with… Read more McDonald’s and Michael Morpurgo
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