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China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-20 07:47
Rushdie feels 'Satanic' burden
Nearly 20 years after being driven underground by a religious decree, he is now Sir Salman Rushdie, properly famous and free, yet still burdened by his status as a symbol of persecution.
"This is the albatross around my neck," the novelist said on Sunday night in New York.
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