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I found a copy of 'The Satanic Verses' at a garage sale in Phoenix and the seller whispered it was 'contraband'
Reading about the 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing it made me wonder what other art has sparked real-world violence, not just bans.
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iris_adams6mo ago
Yeah, the fatwa was for the author, not the translators. Riverg75 is right that bookstore workers got threats though.
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riverg756mo ago
That book caused a lot of pain for translators and bookstore workers. Sometimes the reaction to art shows how powerful it really is.
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campbell.evan6mo ago
Remember my friend who worked at a small bookstore in the 90s. They had a copy in the back room for special order only. Someone found out and called the shop every day for a week, just breathing into the phone. She quit not long after that.
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