meditations after an attempted murder Rushdie, Salman creator author. text biography Autobiographies. autobiographies (literary works) ii New York India Penguin Random House India ©2024 2024 2024 First U.S. edition. monographic eng

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209 pages ; 22 cm From internationally renowned writer and 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. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art--and finding the strength to stand up again. During those empty, sleepless nights, I thought a lot about The Knife as an idea. A knife was a tool, and acquired meaning from the use we made of it. Language, too, was a knife. It could cut open the world and reveal its meaning, its inner workings, its secrets, its truths. It could cut through from one reality to another. It could call bullshit, open people's eyes, create beauty. Language was my knife. If I had unexpectedly been caught in an unwanted knife fight, maybe this was the knife I could use to fight back.--Back cover. Part one: The angel of death. Knife -- Eliza -- Hamot -- Rehab -- Part two: The angel of life. Homecoming -- The A. -- Second chance -- Closure? Salman Rushdie. n-us-ny Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Salman Assassination attempts Authors, English 20th century Biography Attempted assassination New York (State) Chautauqua Attempted murder New York (State) Chautauqua Écrivains anglais 20e siècle Biographies Tentatives d'assassinat New York (État) Chautauqua Tentative de meurtre New York (État) Chautauqua BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Cultural, Ethnic & Regional General Memoirs Ethnic studies PR6068.U757 Z46 2024 823.914 9780670099580 9780593730249 0593730240 2024404221 Ayesha Abed Library B@L 260203 20260827145757.0 45305 eng