The novelist’s account of the brutal attack on him and how he survived is moving,ghastly and full of self-scrutiny.
We have increasing difficulty in integrating disparate views,and having civil disagreements. The only antidotes are slowness,nuance,and a tolerance for complexity – all things that are increasingly rare.
Three nights earlier,the acclaimed author had a disturbing dream. It was not his first eerie premonition.
The book industry is in full swing anticipating cooler weather and more time to read.
Recent changes in Dahl’s children’s books were a joint effort by the publisher and the Roald Dahl Story Company,which manages the works’ copyright and trademarks.
The story of a 247-year-old prophetess and poet,Victory City is the author’s 15th novel and the first since he was attacked and severely injured last year.
“Well,you know,I’ve been better,” he told The New Yorker. “But,considering what happened,I’m not so bad.”
Rushdie’s agent described the “totally unexpected and illogical” attack as one that couldn’t have been prevented.
We ought to consider the complex new fact that liberal society is endangered by many of those vehemently defending free speech.
Social media has empowered the censorious,who need no more than a Twitter account to launch malevolent threats against free expression.
Hadi Matar,24,who lived in New Jersey with his mother,is charged with attempted murder and assault.