Knife : meditations after an attempted murder
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Published
New York : Random House, [2024].
ISBN
9780593730249, 0593730240
Physical Desc
209 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Chetco Community Public Library - Adult/General New - Nonfiction | 921 RUSHDIE 2024 | In Transit | |
North Bend Public Library - Adult/General New | 823/.914 B 23/eng/20240401 | On Order | |
Port Orford Public Library - Adult/General New - Nonfiction | 921 RUSHDIE, SALMAN Knife | Checked Out | May 24, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Random House, [2024].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780593730249, 0593730240
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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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During those empty, sleepless nights, I thought a lot about The Knife as an idea. A knife was a tool, and acquired meaning from the use we made of it. Language, too, was a knife. It could cut open the world and reveal its meaning, its inner workings, its secrets, its truths. It could cut through from one reality to another. It could call bullshit, open people's eyes, create beauty. Language was my knife. If I had unexpectedly been caught in an unwanted knife fight, maybe this was the knife I could use to fight back.--Back cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rushdie, S. (2024). Knife: meditations after an attempted murder . Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rushdie, Salman. 2024. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rushdie, Salman. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Random House, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rushdie, Salman. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Random House, 2024.
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