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Salman Rushdie was a contemporary American british-american novelist. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Imagination — The creative power of the mind and visionary thinking
  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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