British-American author Salman Rushdie has released his much-awaited memoir “Knife”.
- It recounts the harrowing experience of being stabbed at a public event in 2022 and how he overcame the near-fatal ordeal.
- In the opening lines of “Knife,” Rushdie recounts the August 12, 2022 attack in upstate New York, where he was assaulted with a knife shortly after beginning a discussion on writer safety at the Chautauqua Amphitheatre.
- Originally from India and now a naturalized American residing in New York, Rushdie gained global attention as a champion of free speech following death threats spurred by his controversial 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses.”
- This memoir “Knife,” is Rushdie’s first since “Joseph Anton,” published in 2012, which recounted his experiences living under the threat of a fatwa issued in response to his novel “The Satanic Verses.”
