Knife - Meditations After an Attempted Murder

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring--and surviving--an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black--black clothes, black mask--rushed down the aisle toward him, wielding a knife. His first thought: < Knife< is Rushdie at the peak of his powers, writing with urgency, with gravity, with unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature’s capacity to make sense of the unthinkable, an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art--and finding the strength to stand up again.

Product details

• Authors: Salman Rushdie
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.04.2025
• EAN: 9780593730256
• ISBN: 978-0-593-73025-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 202 mm x 14 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies