Author Salman Rushdie's clap back to person who said his books are sh*t
1 year, 10 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie's clap back to person who said his books are sh*t

Hindustan Times  

As author Salman Rushdie released his new book "Victory City," which is based on a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city, his interaction with a user on Twitter caught the attention of many. The novel is translated from a historical epic that was originally written in Sanskrit and was written by Salman Rushdie before the US knife attack that almost killed the author. As Salman Rushdie announced the release of his book in India on Twitter, a user wrote, "Your books are sh*t." To this Salman Rushdie responded, “Shut? During a recent interview, Salman Rushdie said that he he finds it "very difficult" to write after being stabbed last year.

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Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He’s releasing a memoir about the attack
1 year, 2 months ago

Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He’s releasing a memoir about the attack

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “This was a necessary book for me to write: a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art,” Rushdie said in a statement released Wednesday by Penguin …

Salman Rushdie is writing a ‘necessary book’ about his 2022 stabbing
1 year, 2 months ago

Salman Rushdie is writing a ‘necessary book’ about his 2022 stabbing

LA Times  

Author Salman Rushdie’s next book will focus on the near-fatal public attack on him in 2022. On Wednesday Rushdie announced that his next book will be a memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” to be released in the U.S. by Penguin Random House on April 16. “Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic …

On stabbing incident, Salman Rushdie says he is 'more or less OK' but faces this dilemma
1 year, 5 months ago

On stabbing incident, Salman Rushdie says he is 'more or less OK' but faces this dilemma

Hindustan Times  

Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie said that he still has “crazy dreams” about the knife attack that he endured in New York, which left him blind in one eye. Speaking to the BBC, Salman Rushdie said he was in "two minds" about whether to face his alleged attacker or not. I have crazy dreams," the novelist said, adding, “If he …

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after attack in New York
2 years, 4 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after attack in New York

Al Jazeera  

Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen as he was being introduced to the audience at a literary event. Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born British author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been stabbed as he was about to give a lecture in southwestern New York state. — Boris Johnson August 12, 2022 Pen …

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