Knife

Meditations After an Attempted Murder

De: Salman Rushdie

Narrado por: Salman Rushdie

Brought to you by Penguin.

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him

Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

It is an absolutely stunning piece of writing: the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful. No words of mine can do it justice. But I do have to say that it’s such a profound love story, too. (Nigella Lawson)

Salman Rushdie’s memoir is horrific, upsetting – and a masterpiece… Knife is a tour-de-force, in which the great novelist takes his brutal near-murder and spins it into a majestic essay on art, pain and love…full of Rushdie’s wit, his wisdom, his stoicism, his optimism, his love of all culture from the so-called “high” to the so-called “low”. (Erica Wagner)

Knife is a rich, immersive, feisty account of [Rushdie's] journey through darkness back to the light. Part thriller, part love story, part celebration of literature, it’s an incandescent book full of hair-raising descriptions of hard-won survival and beautiful, philosophical passages about art, freedom and resilience…Rushdie has not just enlarged literature’s capacities, he has expanded the world’s imaginative possibilities — and he has paid a tremendous price for it. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude. (Johanna Thomas Corr)

Rushdie’s triumph is not to be other: despite his terrible injuries and the threat he still lives under, he remains incorrigibly himself, as passionate as ever about art and free speech... At one point he quotes Martin Amis: “When you publish a book, you either get away with it, or you don’t.” He has more than got away with this one. It’s scary but heartwarming, a story of hatred defeated by love. (Blake Morrison)

With both candour and rich detail, and reminding us again of his knack for storytelling, Knife celebrates art and love over violence, resilience over acquiescence

Knife is a clarifying book. It reminds us of the threats the free world faces. It reminds us of the things worth fighting for. Rushdie’s friend Christopher Hitchens, in the wake of the initial fatwa, eloquently explained the stakes. The affair drew a line between “everything I hated versus everything I loved,” he wrote. “In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the defense of free expression.” His words apply to this book.

Although the account of his violent ordeal is dramatic…the book is also a nuanced meditation on life, death, the importance of art, and the chilling daily reality of violence... the book fulfils his aim to take charge of what happened on that terrible day and “to answer violence with art" (Martin Chilton)

I Now Love Salman Better

Salman Rushdie's book is one of my favourite for this year! Thank you for writing this and for sharing. This was vivid, honest, and from the heart. Gosh! Thank you.

Intimate, honest, inspiring, intelligent, intriguing

I found this audiobook by this much-admired author very touching, because I have been attacked and mugged myself and although my attack was not even NEARLY as violent as Salman Rushdie's I experienced many similar feelings.

I love that Knife is read by Salman Rushdie himself. I love his references to other great minds, literature and stories, like ee cummings, Shakespeare and George Orwell.

The reference to his sister and her massaging of his toes in hospital had me in tears. Lifelong companions are so rare and invaluable! At times I smiled, at times I nodded and at times I just felt this warm feeling of connection with this unique and fearless voice.

Salman Rushdie is a legend and an unstoppable force. This is a life-affirming book. Hail those in the world who understand humour and who appreciate satire. Hail free speech. Hail freedom of religion (or non-religion!) Hail Salman Rushdie! May room 101 never ever happen for you. I am sure it won't. Thank you for your work and your contribution to the world. From an English teacher in South Africa.

Poignant, funny and riveting

As always, excellent prose and a heartfelt and surprisingly humorous recalling of what must have been the most challenging of events. I’m so glad we have his voice with us still, as it is again so needed.

Well written and well read account of an almost murder.

I thought Rushdie dealt well with the story and the musings and introspections of his life and the attack. Enjoyed the book, and thought overall it was well written and well read. Thought provoking about Islam,religion as a whole and technology and how they all impact his and our lives.

Horribly boring.

Possibly the most boring book I've listened to, and I even read Maxim Gorki's The mother.
What a drama queen.