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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder is an autobiographical book by the British Indian writer Salman Rushdie, first published in April 2024 by Jonathan Cape. [1] The book recounts the stabbing attack on Rushdie in 2022. It hit number one in the Sunday Times Bestsellers List in the General hardbacks category. [2]
The best nonfiction books of the year tackle undeniably difficult topics. Many are personal stories about surviving the unthinkable. Salman Rushdie describes the violent attack that nearly killed ...
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL (/ s ʌ l ˈ m ɑː n ˈ r ʊ ʃ d i / sul-MAHN RUUSH-dee; [2] born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. [3] His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent.
Hukka and Bukka crown themselves the first kings of the city and Pampa arrives to whisper memories into the people born from her seeds. Pampa married them each in turn, though her true love was a Portuguese horse trader who gives the magic city its name, Bisnaga. Pampa first bears three girls and later sons.
Author Salman Rushdie announced that his next book will be a memoir, 'Knife,' centering on the near-fatal stabbing attack against him in 2022.
In August of 2022, Salman Rushdie—the writer of books including Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses—survived a vicious attack a lecture in New York State. Here, he shares for the first ...
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Luka and the Fire of Life is a novel by Salman Rushdie. It was published by Jonathan Cape (UK) and Random House (US) in 2010. [1] It is the sequel to Haroun and the Sea of Stories. [2] Rushdie has said "he turned to the world of video games for inspiration" and that "he wrote the book for his 13-year-old son". [3]