Who is the author of the book ‘Shame’?

The correct answer is Salman Rushdie.

Key Points

• Book "Shame"
  • Shame is Salman Rushdie's third novel.
  • It is published in 1983.
  • It was written out of a desire to approach the problem of "artificial" country divisions, their residents' complicity, and the problems of post-colonialism.
  • The book is written in the style of magic realism.
  • The central theme of the book is that begetting "shame" begets violence.
• Salman Rushdie
  • He is an Indian-born British-American novelist and essayist.
  • His second novel, Midnights's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981.
  • The Satanic Verses (1988) was the subject of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslims in several countries.
  • He has received many plaudits for his writings, including the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature, the Premio Grinzane Cavour and the Writer of the Year Award in Germany, and many of literature's highest honours.