In an interview with Shuddhashar, William Nygaard explains why, after the fatwa, publishing Rushdie’s book became a sacred and imperative duty
We received the English version of Satanic Verses in the fall of 1988, even before the demonstrations in Bradford took place. We were surprised that our colleague (Gyldendalske) in Denmark refused the book of such a promising author, and not for controversial reasons. None of us saw the dimension of the objectionable perspective until the …
