Imaginary Homelands Scribners they travel by small boats

they travel by small boats from one island to another

a young serf on the run from his feudal lord

and ambassador to the mysterious

and personality-change

Lives splintered as casually as wood being hacked for kindling

Imaginary Homelands Scribners they travel by small boatsDrawing 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