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Salman Rushdie's Knife: A Fearless Memoir of Survival

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Salman Rushdie's Knife: A Fearless Memoir of Survival
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Salman Rushdie recounts the day he was attacked and nearly killed in 2022, describing a profound sense of loneliness while lying in a pool of his own blood. Reflecting on the incident and his past experiences, he discusses the impact of the fatwa calling for his death decades ago and finding great love later in life. An interview with Rushdie will be aired on NPR's All Things Considered, with a 30-minute cut available on YouTube.

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  1. Watch: Salman Rushdie on the moment he was attacked on stage, and why he felt lonely  NPR
  2. Salman Rushdie's fearless memoir Knife uses his assassin's blade as a 'reckoning'  Financial Times
  3. ‘Why didn’t I fight? Why didn’t I run?’: 10 things we learned from Salman Rushdie’s Knife  The Guardian
  4. Book Review: ‘Knife,’ by Salman Rushdie  The New York Times
  5. Salman Rushdie Strikes Back  The Atlantic

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