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A review by sarahwatanabe
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
4.0
4 stars
I thought this was quite an interesting book because it was very focused and obviously about something that was deeply traumatic. I found this book quite interesting mostly because of the way he describes his medical care and recovery after such a physically and mentally traumatizing experience. The way he describes his doctors and the ways he felt in each step were very insightful and honest. Also azithromycin causing AKI mention!
I also think how he wrote his potential responses to his attacker were very well thought out without sacrificing his indignation that he felt the attack was very unfair. His musings about religion and what problems he had with it were also quite insightful. At the end of the day he is a beautiful writer.
I think given the extremity of the physical experience the short time frame this was written in didn't detract too much and he wrote as candidly as possible. Also, it seems that he was not able to move on from it without putting it in writing which is very valid so I thought it worked well regardless.
I thought this was quite an interesting book because it was very focused and obviously about something that was deeply traumatic. I found this book quite interesting mostly because of the way he describes his medical care and recovery after such a physically and mentally traumatizing experience. The way he describes his doctors and the ways he felt in each step were very insightful and honest. Also azithromycin causing AKI mention!
I also think how he wrote his potential responses to his attacker were very well thought out without sacrificing his indignation that he felt the attack was very unfair. His musings about religion and what problems he had with it were also quite insightful. At the end of the day he is a beautiful writer.
I think given the extremity of the physical experience the short time frame this was written in didn't detract too much and he wrote as candidly as possible. Also, it seems that he was not able to move on from it without putting it in writing which is very valid so I thought it worked well regardless.