Elevates fiction writing as a courageous act of defiance against censorship
The release of Rushdie’s new novel is framed not just as a personal milestone but as a symbolic reassertion of artistic liberty, using metaphors like 'a little door in my head opened up' to dramatize creative resurgence.
“Speaking on Brendan O’Connor on RTÉ Radio 1, he said: “Well, it was hard [to write]. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, I couldn’t even think about fiction, but once I dealt with that by writing the memoir Knife, it was just like a little door in my head opened up, and the story started coming out again.””
