US EditionSalman Rushdie's New Book Is His First Fiction Since a Brutal Attack. He Tells Us Why
Salman Rushdie's new collection, The Eleventh Hour, marks his return to fiction with five stories exploring mortality and memory, following his 2022 near-fatal stabbing.
- Salman Rushdie's new book, "In the South," is his first fictional work since a brutal attack that left him blinded in one eye.
- The novella "Oklahoma" was inspired by an exhibit of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel "Amerika" about a European immigrant's journeys in the U.S.
- Rushdie's most celebrated novel is "Midnight's Children," while his most infamous work, "The Satanic Verses," led to a fatwa calling for his death.
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The words at the presentation of "The Eleventh Hour": "In the last tale of the book a man looks calmly at a square, while around him is chaos: it is the met...
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Salman Rushdie's new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why
Salman Rushdie's new book, “The Eleventh Hour,” marks a creative reset for the author. It's his first fiction work since being attacked on a New York stage in 2022.
Review: After stabbing attack, Salman Rushdie's new stories grapple with mortality and magical realism
Rushdie's new story collection, 'The Eleventh Hour,' explores mortality through five inventive stories blending realism and magic. It's a moving work from a writer embracing his 'second-chance life.'
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