Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder-刀:谋杀未遂后的沉思

2022年8月12日，拉什迪在美国纽约布法罗发表演讲时被刺，一只眼睛失明，一只手因为手臂神经被切断而难以再继续写作，除此之外，拉什迪脖子上还有三处严重的伤口，胸部和躯干也有大约15处伤口。该事件引发了文化和政治界的高度关注，包括J.K罗琳、伊恩·麦克尤恩在内的多名知识分子公开声援拉什迪，并对暴行表示谴责。

在《刀》中，拉什迪讲述了遇袭的细节以及他康复的漫长而痛苦的过程。他还探讨了遇袭对他生活和工作的影响。

根据出版商企鹅兰登书屋发布的信息，《刀》是一部“扣人心弦、真挚感人，最终让人对生命重拾信心的沉思录。它涵盖了生活、失去、爱、艺术——以及再次站起来的力量。”拉什迪在回忆录中写道：“这是一种非常残酷和尖锐的提醒，提醒人们针对我的追杀令仍然存在。”

书名：Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder《刀:谋杀未遂后的沉思》

作者：Salman Rushdie

简介：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

On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution, 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 toward 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 literary world and beyond. Now, for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey toward 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 at the peak of his powers, writing with urgency, with gravity, with unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature’s capacity to make sense of the unthinkable, an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art—and finding the strength to stand up again.