Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

A memoir in which Rushdie writes about the attack he suffered in August 2022 while preparing to speak at an event in western New York State, and about the long recovery that followed. He reflects on fear, pain, luck, family and the support of his wife, and on the earlier threats that shadowed his life. A key part of the book is an imagined conversation with his attacker, through which he considers violence, free speech and the meaning of art. It is a sober, personal and often tender account by a writer facing a near-fatal event.