December 1988 Issue [Fiction] Untime of the Imam Download PDF Adjust Share by Salman Rushdie, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags Salman Rushdie More from Salman Rushdie PEN vs. Sword From remarks delivered at the PEN America Emergency World Voices Congress of Writers, which was held in May at the United Nations. ayad akhtar: The gravity of this moment is… The Pen Is Crueler Than the Sword Notes on Writing and the Nation Adjust Share