Author Salman Rushdie on his attack, writing 鈥楰nife鈥 and fear
It has been almost two years since the celebrated author was attacked while delivering a lecture. He says now聽he thought an attack might happen over the years; it would have been odd if he hadn鈥檛, particularly in the 鈥渂ad old days鈥 when the threat level was high.
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It has been almost two years since celebrated author Salman Rushdie was attacked on a stage in Erie, New York as he was about to deliver a lecture. In an assault that lasted 27 seconds, a knife went through his right eye and optical nerve, while wounds to his tongue, neck and hand left him a changed man. Salman shares details of the attack聽鈥 and his recovery聽鈥 in his new memoir, 鈥淜nife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.鈥 As interviews for the book are in full swing, Salman tells The Star that any fears of being onstage had long faded.
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