Salman Rushdie on historic parallels between the knife attack on author and playwright Samuel Beckett

On the 21 April 2024 at Southbank Centre, internationally renowned and Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie shared his survival story for the first time via livestream in conversation with friend, author and critic Erica Wagner

Watch the full conversation free on the Southbank Centre YouTube channel
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Rushdie memoir Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Book details the horrific act of violence that took place on stage 12 August 2022, which shook the literary world and beyond. In unforgettable detail, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey towards physical recovery and the healing


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