Imaginary Homelands Scribners The men and women who

The men and women who court him during his long life are

a young serf on the run from his feudal lord

believing in nothing and caring not at all about politics

they travel by small boats from one island to another

Imaginary Homelands Scribners The men and women whoDrawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays, demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers. With candour, eloquence and indignation he carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late twentieth