EAN: 9780593730249

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

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 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: 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 and in unforgettable detail Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath as well as his journey toward 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 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.

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