Salman Rushdie tells of the violent attack that nearly killed him in memoir 'Knife'
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In his new memoir, Salman Rushdie writes about the young man who leapt from the audience and stabbed and almost killed him in..
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
In his new memoir, Salman Rushdie writes about the young man who leapt from the audience and stabbed and almost killed him in..