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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

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Rushdie asks of his audience, who are we in the face of unfathomable violence and how do we adjust to a world forever changed? No one — including the author himself — knew if he would survive the shocking attempt on his life, and here he tells the unforgettable (and life-affirming) story as only he can.

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: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Town & Country, New York Post, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews

On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution, pr...

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