Salman Rushdie's First Fiction Since 2022 Attack Announced for November Release

The acclaimed author's new collection, 'The Eleventh Hour,' features five interconnected stories exploring themes of mortality, farewells, and resilience.

Random House has announced Salman Rushdie's new book, 'The Eleventh Hour,' set to be published on November 4, 2025.
The collection includes three novellas and two shorter stories, written over the past year and set in India, England, and the U.S.
Rushdie describes the stories as interconnected, forming a single work that reflects on life's final stages and emotional reconciliations.
This marks Rushdie's first fiction since the 2022 attack that left him with lasting injuries, including blindness in one eye.
'The Eleventh Hour' follows the release of Rushdie's memoir 'Knife,' which chronicled the attack and was a National Book Award finalist.