“Not The Easiest To Write”: Salman Rushdie To Author Book On Knife Attack

Mr Rushdie also told the audience that he was in good health.

British author Salman Rushdie has said he is writing a book about last year’s knife attack in New York. Guardian, In a pre-recorded Zoom appearance at the Hay Literary Festival, he said, “I’m trying to write a book about the attack on me — what happened and what it means, not just about the attack, but the story around it.” Side.”

The award-winning author said, “It will be a relatively short book, a few hundred pages. It’s not the easiest book in the world to write, but it’s something I needed to move past in order to do something else. I I can.” I really can’t start writing a novel that has nothing to do with this… so I just have to deal with it.”

Mr Rushdie also told listeners that he was in good health, mentioning that he was “doing fine”. He also expressed appreciation for the response to his most recent work, ‘Victory City’, which he completed prior to the stabbing incident. He added, “I never take anything for granted. Most people like this book and that means a lot.”

On August 12, 2022, the novelist was giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York when a man approached the stage and stabbed and punched her multiple times. He lost sight in one eye and lost the use of one hand after the “brutal” attack and spent nearly two months in hospital.

Mr. Rushdie’s attacker, Hadi Matar, is being held without bail at the Chautauqua County Jail in the village of Mayville. He has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and could face a long prison sentence after the trial is over.