First confession. Ndla. Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie aroused the fury of the Moslem world when his novel The Satanic Verses was published about twenty years ago.
The book was considered blasphemous and banned by Moslem governments and several people were killed in riots and demonstrations in Pakistan and India. The Iranian Government pronounced a death sentence on the author and all those involved in the publication of the book throughout the world. *blasphemous/blasphemy: if someone offends or insults something that is considered sacred and holy.
In October 1993 William Nygaard, Rushdie's Norwegian publisher, was shot and seriously injured outside his own home in Oslo, an incident which was linked to the fatwa, the death sentence. For the western world freedom of speech, the very essence of democracy, was at stake. Pakistan - Map In the following short story Muhammad Ali, an elderly civil servant, considers himself an expert on advising young Indian women who want to immigrate.
Emerald City - Jennifer Egan. Rory knew before he came to New York what sort of life he would have.
He’d read about it in novels by hip young authors who lived there. He saw the apartment, small but high-ceilinged, a tall, sooty window with a fire escape twisting past a chemical-pink sky. Nights in frantic clubs, mornings hunched over coffee in the East Village, warming his hands on the cup, black pants, black turtleneck, pointed black boots. He’d intended to snort cocaine, but by the time he arrived, that was out. He drank instead. He was a photographer’s assistant, loading cameras all day, holding up light meters, waving Polaroids until they were dry enough to tear open. Rory stubbed out his cigarette and checked to make sure the lights were off in the darkroom. Rory swept the debris into bags, then he turned out the lights, locked up the studio, and headed down to the street. He took the subway uptown to visit Stacey, a failing model whom he adored against all reason. Stacey lay on her bed, shoes still on. The Stories.
Short Stories Index - Read Online. Kids and Teens: Arts: Online Stories. A Necklace for Victor. At the Market Place. At the Market Place Submitted by Paul Braddock on 5 March, 2014 - 10:46 At the Market Place is a short story written by Sevim Ak, a popular Turkish writer of novels and short stories for children.
Set in an unknown Turkish city, the story tells about a boy who picks up his camera and goes to the market place in his neighbourhood, hoping to take some interesting pictures. He talks to the people and listens to their life stories but can he take any pictures? Read the story and find out how he ends up taking photos of baby ducks instead. Level: A2-B1 Age: 14-17 (but activities included which may appeal to younger learners) This kit was designed by Turkish materials writers. The material below includes activities for you to print and copy, the complete text, and teachers' notes. Stories for Schools is a British Council Turkey project to provide students with high-quality English language short stories. Copyright - please read Printer-friendly version. A short story. Children's Stories: A huge collection of interesting children's stories with a moral including children short stories, short stories for children, fairytales, children stories.
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