Joseph Anton
memoir by Rushdie
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Joseph Anton is a memoir by Salman Rushdie that recounts his experience of living in seclusion for a decade. This seclusion was a result of the fatwa issued against him in 1989 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran. The fatwa was a response to Rushdie's 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses, which was considered blasphemous by some Muslim leaders due to its portrayal of characters based on Prophet Muhammad and its use of Islam. The title Joseph Anton itself is an alias Rushdie adopted during his years in hiding.12
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