British-American writer Salman Rushdie will publish a collection of short stories in November, his first work of fiction since the knife attack he suffered in 2022, his publisher announced Thursday.
Titled "The Seventh Wave," the book is a collection of five short stories set in the three countries where the author has lived: his native India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, where he currently resides, according to Penguin Random House.
In a statement, the publisher described the book as "a powerful and finely crafted collection of short stories that takes us to the four corners of the world, from the suburbs of Mumbai to prestigious English universities," with a release date of November 4.
The statement also quotes the 77-year-old author as saying:
“The three main stories in this collection, all written in the last twelve months, explore themes and places that obsess me: death, Bombay, farewell, England (and particularly Cambridge), anger, peace, America.”
Rushdie adds:
« I am pleased that these stories, very different from each other in their context, their narration and their technique, have nevertheless managed to dialogue with each other, as well as with the two other stories which serve as prologue and epilogue to this triptych. »
On August 12, 2022, the author of The Satanic Verses was stabbed in the northeastern United States. The assailant, a Lebanese-American, was charged in February with attempted murder. Rushdie recounted the details of this attack in an autobiographical account titled "The Knife," published in 2024.
