Knife

Resumen del libro

A searing, deeply personal account of enduring a brutal attempt on his life, thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him - from internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman RushdieOn the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, 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 towards 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 towards 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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Salman Rushdie x{0026}lt;/B (Bombay, 1947), es autor de numerosos libros, de entre los que destacan x{0026}lt;I Hijos de la medianoche x{0026}lt;/I -que ganó el premio Booker en 1981, el Booker de los Booker en 1993 y, en 2008, el Mejor de los Booker -, x{0026}lt;I Los versos satánicosx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El último suspiro del morox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Joseph Anton x{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Quijotex{0026}lt;/I . Ha sido galardonado con el Grinzane Cavour y el Premio Nacional de las Artes de Estados Unidos, además de otros muchos premios. En 2007, Salman Rushdie fue nombrado Caballero del Imperio Británico por su contribución a la literatura. Miembro de la Royal Society of Literature y Commandeur dans lx{0026} x02019;Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, y abanderado en la lucha por la libertad de expresión, en 2022 sobrevivió a un ataque sufrido mientras dictaba una conferencia en el estado de Nueva York.x{0026}lt;/P