Languages of Truth
Essays 2003-2020
From one of our most brilliant cultural commentators-- this inspiring collection of recent essays and favourite pieces takes us on a thought-provoking journey through the last two tumultuous decades, offering understanding and entertainment in equal measure
Ranging easily across a wide variety of subjects, Languages of Truth chronicles a period of momentous cultural and political shifts. Always attuned to the malleable power of language, Rushdie here explores the nature of truth; he looks anew at migration, multiculturalism and censorship; he revels in the creative lines that join art and life, delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and interrogates the critical role artists and writers play in shaping society. Throughout, he shares personal encounters, on the page or in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare and…
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July 12, 2022Salman Rushdie is the author of fifteen previous novels, including Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), Shame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, and Quichotte, all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; a collection of stories, East, West; a memoir, Joseph Anton; a work of reportage, The Jaguar Smile; and three collections of essays, most recently Languages of Truth. His many awards include the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel, which he won twice; the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award; the National Arts Award; the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; the European Union’s Aristeion Prize for Literature; the Budapest Grand Prize for Literature; and the Italian Premio…