Knife : Meditations After An Attempted Murder | Hardcover

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Format: Paperback / Hardcover
Pages: 209
Date of Release: 16 April 2024

Literary awards : Audie Award Nominee for Autobiography/Memoir and Narration by the Author (2025), National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2024), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir (2024), The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2024), Libby Award for Best Memoir & Autobiography (2025).

Knife is a searing, intimate memoir by Salman Rushdie, written in the aftermath of the brutal knife attack that nearly claimed his life in August 2022—more than thirty years after the fatwa issued against him. With unflinching honesty and profound emotional depth, Rushdie reconstructs the moments before, during, and after the attack, confronting violence, vulnerability, and survival head-on.

Blending memoir, reflection, and literary meditation, the book traces his long road to physical recovery and emotional healing, sustained by the love of his wife Eliza, his family, dedicated doctors, and a global community of readers. Written at the height of his literary powers, Knife is both a reckoning with trauma and a powerful affirmation of art, love, courage, and resilience.

At once urgent and deeply moving, this book is a testament to the enduring power of literature to help us face the unthinkable—and to stand up again.

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