Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002
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Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002 is a compilation of essays, reviews, and speeches by Salman Rushdie that reflects his views on politics, culture, literature, and his own life during a turbulent decade.
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| Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002 canonical | 2 |
| “Step Across This Line” (title essay) | 1 |
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Target entity: Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002 Context triple: [Salman Rushdie bibliography, includesWork, Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002]
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Less Than One: Selected Essays
Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
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Surviving and Other Essays
Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
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Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century
Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century is the intellectual autobiography of American philosopher Sidney Hook, chronicling his political and philosophical journey through the major ideological conflicts of the twentieth century.
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What I Saw at the Revolution
"What I Saw at the Revolution" is a political memoir by speechwriter and columnist Peggy Noonan recounting her experiences working in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations and reflecting on American conservatism in the 1980s.
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E.
Dispatches from the Edge
Dispatches from the Edge is a memoir by journalist Anderson Cooper that chronicles his experiences reporting from global conflict zones and personal reflections on loss and resilience.
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Target entity: Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002 Target entity description: Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002 is a compilation of essays, reviews, and speeches by Salman Rushdie that reflects his views on politics, culture, literature, and his own life during a turbulent decade.
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A.
Less Than One: Selected Essays
Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
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B.
Surviving and Other Essays
Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
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C.
Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century
Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century is the intellectual autobiography of American philosopher Sidney Hook, chronicling his political and philosophical journey through the major ideological conflicts of the twentieth century.
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D.
What I Saw at the Revolution
"What I Saw at the Revolution" is a political memoir by speechwriter and columnist Peggy Noonan recounting her experiences working in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations and reflecting on American conservatism in the 1980s.
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E.
Dispatches from the Edge
Dispatches from the Edge is a memoir by journalist Anderson Cooper that chronicles his experiences reporting from global conflict zones and personal reflections on loss and resilience.
- F. None of above. chosen
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essay collection
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
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The Satanic Verses controversy
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linked to:
The Satanic Verses
debates on multiculturalism ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| contains |
essays
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reviews ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
essays
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journalism ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays on The Satanic Verses controversy
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literary essays on other writers ⓘ pieces on American politics ⓘ pieces on Indian politics ⓘ speeches on free speech ⓘ “Step Across This Line” (title essay) ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Rushdie's personal life
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culture ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ globalization ⓘ literature ⓘ migration ⓘ politics ⓘ religion and secularism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collecting a decade of Rushdie’s nonfiction writing
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discussion of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie ⓘ reflection on post–Cold War world politics ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodCovered | 1992–2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| setting | global ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in politics and culture
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readers of literary nonfiction ⓘ |
| timeOfPublication | early 2000s ⓘ |
| title | Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992–2002 ⓘ |
| workOf | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
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