A moving and life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from internationally renowned writer Salman Rushdie
‘A story of hatred defeated by love’ Guardian
‘Absolutely stunning…the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful’ Nigella Lawson
‘Part thriller, part love story’ The Times
‘A masterpiece… full of Rushdie’s wit, his wisdom, his stoicism, his optimism’ The Telegraph
On 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 world. Now, for the first time, 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 writing with urgency, gravity, and unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature’s capacity to make sense of the unthinkable.
This an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art – and finding the strength to stand up again.
Salman Rushdie is the author of fifteen novels—Luka and the Fire of Life; Grimus; Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker); Shame; The Satanic Verses; Haroun and the Sea of Stories; The Moor’s Last Sigh; The Ground Beneath Her Feet; Fury; Shalimar the Clown; The Enchantress of Florence; Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights; ...
Salman Rushdie is the author of fifteen novels—Luka and the Fire of Life; Grimus; Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker); Shame; The Satanic Verses; Haroun and the Sea of Stories; The Moor’s Last Sigh; The Ground Beneath Her Feet; Fury; Shalimar the Clown; The Enchantress of Florence; Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights; The Golden House; Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize); and Victory City—and one collection of short stories: East, West. He has also published five works of nonfiction—The Jaguar Smile; Imaginary Homelands; Step Across This Line; Joseph Anton; and Languages of Truth—and coedited two anthologies, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Stories 2008. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.
In death we are all yesterday's people, trapped forever in the past tense. That was the cage into which the knife wanted to put me. Not the future. The revenant past, seeking to drag me back in time. (查看原文)
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“语言也是一把刀。它可以切开这个世界，揭示它的意义、它的内在运作、它的秘密、它的真相。它可以从一个现实切入另一个现实。它可以戳穿谎言，开启民智，创造美。语言就是我的刀。如果我不期然地卷入一场不想要的刀战，也许这就是我可以用来反击的刀。它可以是我用来重塑和夺回我的世界的工具，用来重建那个我的世界观可以再次挂在墙上的框架，用来掌控发生在我身上的事情，拥有它，让它成为我的。”