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Hace 5 horas · The word “Knife” of the title slices through the parchment-coloured whiteness of the book’s cover, obscuring the “i” at its centre. In that moment you experience the shock of the assassin’s blade as it entered the whiteness of Salman Rushdie’s right eye. The rest, as they say, is a memory of a murder foretold but miraculously foiled.
Hace 4 días · An American-British writer of Indian origin, Salman Rushdie achieved his first success in 1981 with Midnight's Children, a novel that won the Booker Prize.Since the fatwa condemning him to death ...
Hace 5 días · Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, 2024, book cover. Courtesy: Salman Rushdie, Jonathan Cape and Random House. Surviving the nearly fatal attack and its aftermath inspired Rushdie to pen his latest memoir, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder (2024). The reaper has been stalking him ever since 1989, when the ...
Hace 4 días · In 2023 he released the acclaimed novel Victory City, which had been completed before the attack. A work of magic realism , it opens in 14th-century India, where a nine-year-old girl becomes a vessel for a goddess and builds a thriving city known for its egalitarianism .
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Hace 3 días · Explained | ‘Victory City’: A brief history of the kingdom of Vijayanagara, in which Salman Rushdie’s latest novel is situated With several other temples and structures located there, Hampi was the empire’s capital city and stands today as evidence of what is known as the last ‘great Hindu empire’ of South India.
Hace 5 días · May 23, 2024 - 23:00 EDT. Se ha hablado mucho estos últimos días de Salman Rushdie por la publicación de su último libro, Cuchillo (Random House). Narra allí el atentado que sufrió el 12 de ...
Hace 3 días · I recently bought a copy of Knife by Salman Rushdie because I’d just read and enjoyed his novel, Victory City. I haven’t read it yet. Is writing a book so soon after a traumatic event a good idea? On the one hand, memories are fresh. Feelings are immediate.
