SALMAN Rushdie has released an extract from his new novel, his first new work since he was stabbed in the US this summer.
Yesterday, the New Yorker magazine published a section of “Victory City”, Rushdie’s 15th novel, on its website. It is called A Sackful of Seeds and is written in his signature rich style. Set in what is now India in the 14th century, the work tells of a group of women who committed suicide after their husbands were killed in a battle. It then focuses on a girl who was orphaned by the fire, and her quest to set up a new civilisation.
