Languages of Truth - Essays 2003-2020

Booker prize-winner Salman Rushdie shares an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language and culture. Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, including several never previously in print, Languages of Truth chronicles a period of momentous cultural shifts. Across a wide variety of subjects, Rushdie delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and what emerges is a love letter to literature itself. Throughout, Rushdie shares his personal encounters, on the page and in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison, and revels in the creative lines that can join art and life. Always attuned to the malleability of language, Rushdie considers the nature of truth, and looks anew at migration, multiculturalism and censorship. Written with the author''s signature wit and energy, Languages of Truth offers pleasure and insight in equal measure, confirming Rushdie''s place as one of the most original and important thinkers of our time.

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• Authors: Salman Rushdie
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.05.2023
• EAN: 9781529111996
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-1199-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, ART / Individual Artists / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, 21st Century, Political science & theory, Migration, immigration & emigration, Literature: history & criticism, Migration, immigration and emigration, Political science and theory, Human rights, civil rights, Literature: history and criticism, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Ethical Issues: Censorship