Here and Now: 09.05.1982: Salman Rushdie

Summary

Paula Ahluwalia interview with the author Salman Rushdie who was appearing at Hudson's book shop in Birmingham to lauch the paperback edition of Midnight's Children.

Year:

1982

Duration:

0:14:50

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see Salman Rushdie signing copies of his Booker prize winning novel Midnight's Children at Hudson's book shop in Birmingham. Paula Ahluwalia talks to Rushdie about the influence of Charles Dickens, symbolism from the Indian subcontinent, being in the limelight since the success of the novel and the work on his next book (which would be published as 'Shame').


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