Travel was pointless. It removed you from the place in whic… - Salman Rushdie

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Travel was pointless. It removed you from the place in which you had a meaning, and to which you gave meaning in return by dedicating your life to it, and it spirited you away into fairylands where you were, and looked, frankly absurd.

Salman Rushdie

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Sir Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, Urdu: أحمد سلمان رشدی, Hindi: अह्मद सलमान रश्डी on 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British novelist and essayist. Most of his work is set on the Indian subcontinent.

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Native Name: سلمان رشدی

Alternative Names: Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie • Rushdie • Ahmed Salman Rushdie • Joseph Anton

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