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Uvedení knihy Nůž Salmana Rushdieho
Salman Rushdie's Knife Launch
Event by: 1. prezidentská knihovna, Nakladatelství Paseka
Location: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 129/13, Praha 1
Online event
Talks & discussions
About event
The Knife: Reflections after an Attempted Murder is an intimate meditation on life, loss and the ability to stand again, written by world-renowned author Salman Rushdie in response to the attack on him two years ago.
At the launch of the Czech edition of the book, Salman Rushdie himself will join online and in an interview with Saša Michailidis he will talk not only about the assassination and the Knife, but also about his other work and plans for the future.
The interview will be followed by a debate on the book with translator Martina Neradová and Englishman Ladislav Nagy.
The interview with Salman Rushdie will be in English without translation. The subsequent debate will be in Czech.
At the launch of the Czech edition of the book, Salman Rushdie himself will join online and in an interview with Saša Michailidis he will talk not only about the assassination and the Knife, but also about his other work and plans for the future.
The interview will be followed by a debate on the book with translator Martina Neradová and Englishman Ladislav Nagy.
The interview with Salman Rushdie will be in English without translation. The subsequent debate will be in Czech.