Imaginary Homelands

Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991 | Salman Rushdie

“But human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked lenses, capable only of fractured perceptions. Partial beings, in all the senses of that phrase.
Meaning is a shaky edifice we build out of scraps, dogmas, childhood injuries, newspaper articles, chance remarks, old films, small victories, people hated, people loved;⬇️

TheBookHippie perhaps it is because our sense of what is the case is constructed from such inadequate materials that we defend it so fiercely, even to the death." 8mo

Leftcoastzen ❤️👍👏 8mo

TheBookHippie #authoramonth @Soubhiville 8mo

batsy Love this ❤️ 8mo

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TheBookHippie

Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991 | Salman Rushdie

I don't always agree with him, but I do know he is well known to be a decent human who wrote his words with passion, which should be all our right to do. To have been attacked as he has, has left me stunned for a few days. I am hoping he recovers. Such a brave unassuming man by all reports. He caused me to think, and gave me pause. Forever grateful for that.

“He‘s a good man and a brilliant one and I hope he‘s okay,“ the author Neil Gaiman said.

kspenmoll Thank you for this. Stunned my household as well. 2y

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll Honestly anymore you‘re afraid to speak period. It‘s abhorrent. What have we become. 2y

UwannaPublishme Shocked and stunned here too. What is this world coming to... 2y

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mcctrish I grew up going to church and I admit that when I first heard of him and his books/stand/platform? I was a bit perplexed, naïvely thinking all religion was for good ??? now I‘m old and think we need more SR 2y

TheBookHippie @mcctrish ah youth 🤣 We definitely need more. People need to question or their blind sheep. Clearly 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2y

KT1432 I love this quote. I was actually in a very cultish church in my young adult days and we were definitely taught not to question anything. Religion absolutely needs criticism. The fact that he was attacked over a book just further proves that smh. 2y

TheBookHippie @lele1432 I so agree! 2y

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batsy

Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991 | Salman Rushdie

That's so fucked up. Hope he's OK.

vivastory I was on a call when I saw this & I literally hung up bc I was stunned. Just terrible. 2y

batsy @vivastory it's so awful 😔 2y

Leftcoastzen My heart is broken! I remember the death threats after publication of

Satanic Verses

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Kammbia1 That is awful. I hope he is okay. 2y

erzascarletbookgasm OMG! Hope he will be okay 2y

CoffeeAndABook Oh no 😔 hope he will pull through. 2y

AllDebooks Just read news reports saying he was stabbed in the neck. Really hope he's ok 2y

AnneCecilie This is unbelievable. (edited) 2y

jlhammar Shocking and terrible. Hope we get some good news about how he's doing soon. 2y

AmyG Stabbed in the neck? Insanity 2y

kspenmoll It‘s so horrible. 2y

kwmg40 Sad and horrifying! 2y

sprainedbrain 😢 2y

Meshell1313 Heartbreaking 💔 2y

batsy @vivastory @Leftcoastzen @Kammbia1 @erzascarletbookgasm @CoffeeAndABook @AllDebooks @AnneCecilie @jlhammar @AmyG @kspenmoll @kwmg40 @sprainedbrain @Meshell1313 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62528689 He evaded the threats all these years only to endure this in his 70s. The world can be a cruel place 😔 2y

AllDebooks Oh crap, this is horrendous. What a savage attack. All the more heartbreaking, after all this time, as you say @batsy 💔 2y

Tera66 So horrible! 2y

Kammbia1 This is awful news! I‘m very sad. 2y

BarbaraBB All the hate in this world. The man has been dealing with the fatwa and its aftermath for 30 years. So sad. 2y

CarolynM What can you say about something like this? It‘s horrific. 2y

Suet624 I still am shaken. This poor man. 2y

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Dominique Caillat

Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991 | Salman Rushdie

“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things--childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves--that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers.”

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