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Salman Rushdie is on a video call from his New York studio. Behind him stands a volume on Marvel comics and the image of Captain America on the cover lends itself as an allegory of the atmosphere of the moment. “Here in New York the prevailing mood is one of relief, we are back on track, almost the whole city has reopened, no more distancing or masks, the contagion index has dropped drastically”, comments the 74-year-old enthusiastically.
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