Salman Rushdie In Conversation With Razia Iqbal
SALMAN RUSHDIE’S ONLY LONDON APPEARANCE THIS YEAR
Salman Rushdie will explore his latest novel Quichotte, which has been long-listed for the 2019 Booker Prize
Join us on Thursday 29th August for a major examination of the life and work of one of the most celebrated writers of our times, Salman Rushdie, in his only London appearance this year. Rushdie will explore his latest novel Quichotte, which has been long-listed for the 2019 Booker Prize.
Salman Rushdie is one of the world’s greatest storytellers. His acclaimed book Midnight’s Children has been voted the Booker Prize’s ‘Best of the Booker’ on two separate occasions, and has sold over one million copies in the UK alone. He influenced an entire generation of AngloIndian writers and sparked a revolution in postcolonial literature with his distinctive magical realist style and depictions of the South Asian diaspora.
Now, Rushdie will discuss his career, his life and his new novel Quichotte with the BBC’s Razia Iqbal. Inspired by the classic Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, the book is a wild ride through modern America — a society on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse — and examines racism, father–son relationships, the opioid crisis, cyber-spies, and the end of the world. It was described by the Booker judges as “A picaresque tour-de-force of contemporary America, with all its alarms and craziness. Rushdie conjures a celebration of storytelling and language that will delight lovers of Cervantes, lovers of daytime television and lovers of life.”
Rushdie will be signing books after the event. This event is produced in collaboration with Intelligence Squared and Vintage Live
LISTINGS
Salman Rushdie in conversation
29th August 2019, 7pm
The Light, Friends House Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ
Salman Rushdie is one of the world’s greatest storytellers. His acclaimed novel Midnight’s Children won the Booker Prize in 1981. In 1993 it was judged to be the ‘Booker of Bookers,’ to mark the 25th anniversary of the prize and in 2008 the ‘Best of the Booker’ to mark the 40th anniversary. His further awards include the European Union’s Aristeion Prize for Literature.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In June 2007 he received a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Midnight’s Children has sold over one million copies in the UK alone. He influenced an entire generation of Anglo-Indian writers and sparked a revolution in postcolonial literature with his distinctive magical realist style and depictions of the South Asian diaspora. He lives in New York.
