KNIFE - MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER
On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, 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 towards him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it's you. Here you are.
What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond. Now, for the first time, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey towards physical recovery and the healing that was made possible by the love and support of his wife, Eliza, his family, his army of doctors and physical therapists, and his community of readers worldwide.
Knife is Rushdie writing with urgency, gravity, and unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature's capacity to make sense of the unthinkable.
This an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.
SALMAN RUSHDIE
Salman Rushdie is the author of fifteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker , The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize . A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.
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RUSHDIE SALMAN
Salman Rushdie nació el 19 de junio de 1947 en Bombay, India. Estudió en la Universidad de Cambridge y se convirtió en uno de los escritores más influyentes de la literatura contemporánea. Su obra combina realismo mágico, crítica política y exploración cultural, destacando títulos como Hijos de la medianoche, que ganó el Premio Booker en 1981, y Los versos satánicos, cuya publicación en 1988 provocó una fatwa por parte del ayatolá Jomeini, obligándolo a vivir bajo protección policial durante años. Rushdie ha escrito novelas, ensayos y libros infantiles, y ha sido reconocido con múltiples distinciones, incluyendo el título de caballero otorgado por la reina Isabel II en 2007. En 2022 fue víctima de un atentado que le dejó secuelas físicas permanentes. Actualmente reside en Estados Unidos.
