Salman Rushdie is the author of thirteen novels, one collection of short stories, three works of non-fiction, and the co-editor of
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing. In 1993
Midnight's Children was judged to be the Best of the Booker, the best novel to have won the Booker Prize in its forty year history.
The Moor's Last Sigh won the Whitbread Prize in 1995 and the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
Drawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays, demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers.
With candour, eloquence and indignation he carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late-twentieth century race, religion and politics. Elsewhere he trains his eye on literature and fellow writers, from Julian Barnes on love to the politics of George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale', providing fresh insight on Kipling, V.S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, John le Carré, Raymond Carver, Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon among others.
Profound, passionate and insightful, Imaginary Homelands is a masterful collection from one of the greatest writers working today.
Literature of the highest orderA book bristling with intelligence, deeply held opinions, and wonderful flights of fancyPlayful profound and provocative...Rushdie is never less than instructive. He holds nothing backA deft, various, and humane collectionMore intelligence and intellectual courage than most writers summon up in a lifetime
