EverymanFacing the Book
1990 • E13 27 may 1990
Amid the furore over
Salman Rushdie 's novel The Satanic Verses, an unusual experiment takes place. Eight people with opposing views are invited to share a remote house for four days.
There are three devout
Muslims, two 'liberal' Muslims, a Christian businessman, a female deacon in the Church of England and a bookseller who have to find ways to live together. Words are exchanged in anger, sorrow, love and understanding with some surprising results.
Salman Rushdie 's novel The Satanic Verses, an unusual experiment takes place. Eight people with opposing views are invited to share a remote house for four days.
There are three devout
Muslims, two 'liberal' Muslims, a Christian businessman, a female deacon in the Church of England and a bookseller who have to find ways to live together. Words are exchanged in anger, sorrow, love and understanding with some surprising results.