Author Salman Rushdie on his attack, writing ‘Knife’ and fear
It has been almost two years since the celebrated author was attacked while delivering a lecture. He says now he thought an attack might happen over the years; it would have been odd if he hadn’t, particularly in the “bad old days” when the threat level was high.
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 — and his recovery — in his new memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.” 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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Dundas is the Star’s Books editor. She is based in Toronto.
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