Rushdie shares new book excerpt as he makes recovery from stabbing attack


By AGENCY
  • Books
  • Tuesday, 06 Dec 2022

Rushdie, now a naturalised US citizen, confirmed on Twitter that the magazine 'The New Yorker' has published an extract from his new novel 'Victory City'. Photo: AP

The author Salman Rushdie released excerpts of a new novel on Monday, four months after he was severely injured in a stabbing attack in the state of New York.

The New Yorker magazine published an excerpt online entitled "A Sackful of Seeds" from the 15th novel by Rushdie, titled Victory City, which is due to be published in early February by Penguin Random House.

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