NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Salman Rushdie (April 8, 2024). Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption toggle caption Nickolai Hammar/NPR Consider This from NPR What happened when the threat of danger became Salman Rushdie's reality? April 17, 2024 Salman Rushdie is probably most closely associated with his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, a book inspired by the life of the prophet Muhummad. The book was notorious not just for its contents but because of the intense backlash, and the threat it posed to his safety and wellbeing. What happened when the threat of danger became Salman Rushdie's reality? Listen · 12:29 12:29 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198911267/1245412042" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
What happened when the threat of danger became Salman Rushdie's reality? Listen · 12:29 12:29 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198911267/1245412042" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript