Four months after being seriously injured in a knife attack in the northern United States, British writer Salman Rushdie has unveiled an excerpt from his upcoming novel in The New Yorker magazine. The prestigious newspaper of the American cultural elites has published on its website an excerpt entitled “A Sackful of Seeds” from Salman Rushie’s 15th novel, “Victory City”, which will be published in early February by the publisher Penguin Random House . The book tells the “epic story of a woman” in the 14th century in what is now part of India, according to the publisher.
The New Yorker indicated that this first excerpt would appear in the Dec. 12 magazine and hit newsstands this Monday.
Salman Rushdie himself, on his certified Twitter account, confirmed on Monday the publication by the prestigious American magazine of the extract from “Victory City”. This is the first time since August 9 that Mr. Rushdie has taken to Twitter. He did it four months ago to announce the release of his novel in February 2023.
Three days later, on August 12, at a convention in Chautauqua, New York state near Great Lake Erie, the world-renowned author of “Satanic Verses” was seriously injured in a stab attack perpetrated by a young who threw himself on him as he was about to speak.
The 75-year-old British writer, born in India, was immediately hospitalized, operated on and treated in the United States, but lost the sight in one eye and the use of one hand, his agent Andrew Wylie announced in October. . The prime suspect, Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old American of Lebanese descent, was arrested soon after the incident and pleaded not guilty during pre-trial hearings for his August trial in a court in Mayville, Northwest of the country. State of York.
