Salman Rushdie made a very unlikely target for the fury of conservative Muslims, which is why the opportunistic fatwa issued by a Khomeini in serious decline took the novelist and the world by surprise. Read More The clash between realpolitik and principled politics The contrast between the re...
She made herself loved by the children and respected by the men, and thus the years had passed. She herself cultivated her field, did various work in exchange for the supplies necessary to survive. She had managed not to simply die. The children were growing up, happy, unconscious, ...