Salman Rushdie Speaks Out for First Time Since Stabbing Attack Last Summer

Author Salman Rushdie spoke out for the first time since being brutally stabbed last summer at a literary event in western New York, saying he suffers post-traumatic stress from the “colossal” Attack that left him partially blind.

“There is such a thing as PTSD, you know,” He The New Yorker In his first interview since being stabbed 15 more times by an Islamic fanatic lone-wolf, he confessed to the crime. Assassination attempt Interview with the prisoner last summer The Post.

“I’ve found it very, very difficult to write. I sit down to write, and nothing happens. I write, but it’s a combination of blankness and junk, stuff that I write and that I delete the next day. I’m not out of that forest yet, really.”

Rushdie, at 75, was the victim of a vicious attack. “The Satanic Verses” He had been hiding for 10 years after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s supreme leader.

A so-called Iranian charity organization has a longstanding multimillion-dollar bounty on the author’s head, and other writers, translators and publishers associated with Rushdie’s novel have been killed or injured in connection with the novel, According to US officials.

Rushdie, a native Indian, was reportedly hospitalized six weeks after the attack at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua NY. He had stayed at his New York City home since being released, leaving only for frequent doctor’s visits.

The author of 21 books — who had reportedly lost sight in his right eye — wore glasses with a blacked-out right lens when he met a reporter at his literary agent’s Manhattan office last month.

Rushdie had also lost 40 pounds and sustained nerve damage in his left arm. According to the piece published Monday, Rushdie spoke fluently with a droopy lip and had visible scar tissue at his right sight.

“Well, you know, I’ve been better,” When asked about his spirits, he replied to the magazine.

“But, considering what happened, I’m not so bad. As you can see, the big injuries are healed, essentially. I have feeling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm. I’m doing a lot of hand therapy, and I’m told that I’m doing very well.”

“I’ve always tried very hard not to adopt the role of a victim,” He stated. “Then you’re just sitting there saying, ‘Somebody stuck a knife in me! Poor me.’ … Which I do sometimes think,” Through laughter, he said.

Rushdie said to the outlet that he was unable to type. “very well” Because of a “lack of feeling in the fingertips,” And he added that sleep was another struggle.

“There have been nightmares — not exactly the incident, but just frightening. Those seem to be diminishing. I’m fine. I’m able to get up and walk around,” According to reports, he said. “When I say I’m fine, I mean, there’s bits of my body that need constant checkups. It was a colossal attack.”

Rushdie lived a defiant life of public service. Without security Manhattan has seen a significant increase in Manhattan’s population in recent years, despite the bounty or fatwa that he still has on his head in connection to “Verses,” This was banned by fundamentalists for its supposed offensive depictions of Islam.

The magazine interviewed him about his criticisms of not living in fear in recent decades and the support he received following the attack.

“People didn’t like it. Because I should have died. Now that I’ve almost died, everybody loves me. … That was my mistake, back then. Not only did I live but I tried to live well. Bad mistake. Get 15 stab wounds, much better,” He stated.

Rushdie appeared to be happy to be back in his agent’s office, and looked forward to celebrating the release of his new book, “Victory City,” National Geographic Books will publish this Tuesday.

“Victory” This is what it claims to be. “epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries,” The publisher.

“It’s great to be back,” According to reports, he said. “It’s someplace which is not a hospital, which is mostly where I’ve been to. And to be in this agency is — I’ve been coming here for decades, and it’s a very familiar space to me. And to be able to come here to talk about literature, talk about books, to talk about this novel, ‘Victory City,’ to be able to talk about the thing that most matters to me.”

Hadi Matar (24-year-old admitted attacker), Fairview, NJ told The Post that he had only ever read “two pages” This is “The Satanic Verses” But had “respect” For the ayatollah.

“I think he’s a great person. That’s as far as I will say about that,” Matar stated that Matar was speaking from the Chautauqua County Jail. He also said that he was being interviewed. “surprised” Rushdie survived the brutal attack.

Matar, who faces more than 30 years in prison, said he went to Chautauqua after learning of Rushdie’s appearance at the literary event.

“I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” He said this about Rushdie. “I don’t like him. I don’t like him very much.”

Rushdie succinctly answered the New Yorker’s question about who was responsible for Rushdie’s attack.

“I blame him,” He said it in reference to Matar.

The author had nothing but praises for the doctors, EMTs, and firemen who responded quickly to his medical emergency.

“I’m lucky. What I really want to say is that my main overwhelming feeling is gratitude,” He stated.

“At some point, I’d like to go back up there and say thank you.”

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