I've have not read The Satanic Verses: Salman Rushdie's son
September 24, 2012 16:39
Author Salman Rushdie has dedicated his new memoir Joseph Anton to his son Zafar, for whom the book has been a trip down memory lane. "I have a sense of pride in my father," he tells Sebastian Shakespeare of the London Evening Standard.
The 33-year-old tells this reporter how the fatwa on his father has made him who he his and how he has not yet read the controversial Satanic Verses.
No, I havent read it. It is one of the greatest lackings, I guess, in my life, he says, half in jest. I think I probably should have done. I know a lot of other kids of writers who dont read their parents work. If your parent is in a high-profile role there is a need or desire to keep seeing them as parents, and not for what they do.
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The 33-year-old tells this reporter how the fatwa on his father has made him who he his and how he has not yet read the controversial Satanic Verses.
No, I havent read it. It is one of the greatest lackings, I guess, in my life, he says, half in jest. I think I probably should have done. I know a lot of other kids of writers who dont read their parents work. If your parent is in a high-profile role there is a need or desire to keep seeing them as parents, and not for what they do.
Read the full story here
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