Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder is a 2024 memoir by Salman Rushdie. It details the 2022 assassination attempt against him and his subsequent recovery. The attack occurred while Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in Chautauqua, New York, where he was scheduled to speak about the United States as a refuge for exiled artists. Rushdie, who had previously lived in seclusion for nearly a decade due to a fatwa issued against him for his novel The Satanic Verses, sustained serious injuries, including the loss of an eye. His assailant was later found guilty of attempted murder. The memoir explores the physical and psychological impact of the attack and Rushdie's resilience.