Salman Rushdie

More than 30 years after an Iranian leader called for his assassination, master storyteller and literary icon Salman Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in 2022, suffering life-threatening wounds. He describes the attack and his recovery in Knife. Rushie has called it “a necessary book for me to write: a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art.”

More than 30 years after an Iranian leader called for his assassination, master storyteller and literary icon Salman Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in 2022, suffering life-threatening wounds. He describes the attack and his recovery in Knife. Rushie has called it “a necessary book for me to write: a way to take […]

Victory City is accessible in a way that suggests Salman Rushdie had fun writing it, but this is no lightweight novel.

Victory City is accessible in a way that suggests Salman Rushdie had fun writing it, but this is no lightweight novel.

Like Cervantes, Salman Rushdie is able to balance his commentary with a voice full of tragicomic fervor.

Like Cervantes, Salman Rushdie is able to balance his commentary with a voice full of tragicomic fervor.

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