Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 - *Signed First Edition - First Printing*

Rushdie, Salman

ISBN 10: 1787331938 / ISBN 13: 9781787331938

Published by Jonathan Cape, 2021

About this Item

Signed First Edition / First Printing. London: Jonathan Cape, 2021.

Octavo. Original textured golden-yellow paper-covered boards with sharp bright gilt spine lettering, housed in the original unclipped text-driven typographic dust jacket. Beautifully appointed with dark black endpapers.

Signed by the author, legendary Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, in blue ink directly onto the title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 - *Signed First Edition - First Printing*
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787331938
• ISBN 13: 9781787331938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.4W x 24.2H x 3.4D centimeters 16.4 centimeters width by 24.2 centimeters height by 3.4 centimeters depth
• Weight: 592 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Signed & Collectible

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Synopsis

*A SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK*

From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language and culture

Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, including several never previously in print, Languages of Truth chronicles a period of momentous cultural shifts. Across a wide variety of subjects, Rushdie delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and what emerges is a love letter to literature itself. Throughout, Rushdie shares his personal encounters, on the page and in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison, and revels in the creative lines that can join art and life.

Always attuned to the malleability of language, Rushdie considers the nature of truth, and looks anew at migration, multiculturalism and censorship. Written with the author's signature wit and energy, Languages of Truth offers pleasure and insight in equal measure, confirming Rushdie's place as one of the most original and important thinkers of our time.