Tag Archives: Salman Rushdie

Food Is More Than Food for Esquivel

By Robin Bates | Published: April 19, 2018

Esquivel captures the greater significance of food in “Like Water for Chocolate.” I also share a whiskey cake recipe and reflect on the magic in magical realism.

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The Dark Jinn Invade America

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2018

Salman Rushdie’s “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights” helps explain how Trump came to power. Blame it on a longing for dark fantasy.

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Ferreting Out White House Corruption

By Robin Bates | Published: April 11, 2018

Salman Rushdie’s fantasy about genii attacking the earth contains a fantasy that is very topical: a “storm baby” who can root out graft.

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Can a Dream Hold Us Together?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 5, 2018

In “Midnight’s Children,” Rushdie shows the forces destroying India’s dream of national unity. Americans will find it familiar.

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The Joker (Trump) Takes Over America

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2018

Rushdie compares Donald Trump to Joker in his latest novel.

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Caught between Faith and Doubt

By Robin Bates | Published: February 3, 2018

Rushdie has a great passage about a character caught between faith and doubt. The passage gives me an opportunity to determine where I myself stand.

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The Opening of Eyes Long Closed

By Robin Bates | Published: March 30, 2014

A Salman Rushdie short story and a David Whyte poem lead to insights into the story of Jesus and the blind man.

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