The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

‘What I actually look like’: Salman Rushdie shares first selfie since 2022 attack

Novelist was stabbed around 12 times in New York last year

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Sir Salman Rushdie tells of ‘gratitude’ in first interview since ‘colossal’ New York knife attack

The Indian-born British author suffered severe, life-changing injuries, including losing sight in one eye, following the attack

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023

Sir Salman Rushdie says he finds it difficult to write in first interview since losing sight in one eye in stabbing

Sir Salman was left with several life-changing injuries in the attack

Wales Online · Feb 6, 2023

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review: Bravo to this funny, cynical, bewildering mix of satire and fantasy

The author’s first novel since he was attacked last year celebrates the merits of pluralism, and the dreariness of fanaticism

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2023

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review – a lavish fairytale

Completed before he was attacked last year, Rushdie’s magic realist epic about a 15th-century Indian empire has an infectious sense of fun

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel Victory City after 2022 attack

Author is still recovering after being stabbed on stage in New York last year

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel after attack

Author will not appear at launch events for Victory City, his first book since he lost the use of one eye and one hand after being stabbed, his agent has confirmed

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023

Met police urged to prosecute Iranian accused of backing Rushdie fatwa

Officers are reviewing a dossier accusing Sayed Ataollah Mohajerani, who lives in London, of encouraging terrorism

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2023

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review – a knotty chronicle of intra-dynastic rivalry

The author’s new novel – a retelling of a fictitious Sanskrit verse saga – employs a kind of autopilot postmodernism, and lacks the verbal gusto of his early works

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2023

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review: Stories outlast tyrants in this vibrant, sweeping tale

In his first novel since last summer’s brutal on-stage attack, Salman Rushdie’s exuberant writing remains a source of pleasure

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023