Author | Salman Rushdie |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Memoir |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK), Random House (US) |
Publication date | 2024 |
Pages | 224 |
ISBN | 9780593730249 |
Website | Penguin Random House |
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder is an autobiographical book by the British Indian writer Salman Rushdie, first published in April 2024 by Jonathan Cape. [1] The book recounts the stabbing attack on Rushdie in 2022. It hit number one in the Sunday Times Bestsellers List in the General hardbacks category. [2]
Rushdie has lived with ongoing threats to his life since the 1988 publication of his novel, The Satanic Verses. [1]
Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses had led to a widespread controversy among Muslims, prompting the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran. [3] [4]