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"Knife" by Salman Rushdie
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 6PM
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09/23/2026 6:00 pm 09/23/2026 7:00 pm America/New_York Book Group:"Knife" by Salman Rushdie
Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542)
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Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542)
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Salman Rushdie’s memoir is...a tour-de-force, in which the great novelist takes his brutal near-murder and spins it into a majestic essay on art, pain and love."
Daily Telegraph
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About the Event
In advance of pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen’s appearance in conversation and performance on the Music & Healing series (Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 3PM | Learn More), join us in reading her uncle Salman Rushdie’s acclaimed memoir about surviving the attempt on his life three decades after the fatwa issued against him. A #1 New York Times bestseller, National Book Award finalist, and memoir by the Booker Prize–winning author, the book was named one of the year’s best by The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Town & Country, the New York Post, Chicago Public Library, and Kirkus Reviews.
Reading the memoir offers a deeper context for Mishka Rushdie Momen’s event focused on music as an act of empathy, resilience, and human connection. Together, the book and the event invite reflection on what it means to pursue an artistic life in a world that can be hostile to creative expression, and how family, moral courage, and the practice of listening shape both artistic identity and human connection.
This discussion marks the inaugural meeting of Princeton Public Library’s new memoir book group, which will explore three memoirs from September through December 2026. Learn More.
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In advance of pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen’s appearance in conversation and performance on the Music & Healing series (Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 3PM | Learn More), join us in reading her uncle Salman Rushdie’s acclaimed memoir about surviving the attempt on his life three decades after the fatwa issued against him. A #1 New York Times bestseller, National Book Award finalist, and memoir by the Booker Prize–winning author, the book was named one of the year’s best by The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Town & Country, the New York Post, Chicago Public Library, and Kirkus Reviews.
Reading the memoir offers a deeper context for Mishka Rushdie Momen’s event focused on music as an act of empathy, resilience, and human connection. Together, the book and the event invite reflection on what it means to pursue an artistic life in a world that can be hostile to creative expression, and how family, moral courage, and the practice of listening shape both artistic identity and human connection.
This discussion marks the inaugural meeting of Princeton Public Library’s new memoir book group, which will explore three memoirs from September through December 2026. Learn More.
