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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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