Salman Rushdie misplaced sight in a single eye and use of hand after assault, agent says

Author Salman Rushdie has misplaced sight in a single eye and motion in a single hand within the two months for the reason that frenzied assault towards him.

Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, gave an replace on the creator's restoration from the "brutal assault" in an interview with El Pais, together with the revelation that Rushdie had been stabbed a complete of 18 occasions when accosted at a New York lecture.

"[His wounds] have been profound, however he’s misplaced the sight of 1 eye," Wylie mentioned. "He had three critical wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated as a result of the nerves in his arm have been minimize. And he has about 15 extra wounds in his chest and torso. So, it was a brutal assault."

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The final report on Rushdie's situation included a two-day stint on a ventilator, after which the creator was in a position to communicate. His liver had additionally been wounded in the course of the assault.

Wylie wouldn't verify Rushdie's whereabouts, together with whether or not the creator was nonetheless receiving therapy in a hospital.

Rushdie, 75, drew controversy within the late Nineteen Eighties upon the publication of The Satanic Verses, a guide that many Muslims believed to be blasphemous. However the assault was "sudden," in keeping with Wylie, because it was a long time in the past that Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa that requested all Muslims to kill him. A bounty as excessive as $6 million was additionally positioned on his life, in keeping with the Index on Censorship.

"So, you possibly can’t shield towards that as a result of it’s completely sudden and illogical," Wylie mentioned. "It was like John Lennon’s homicide."

The literary agent, who has a number of celeb shoppers, together with creator Stephen King and former President Donald Trump, mentioned the hazard has elevated in latest occasions for his extra controversial shoppers.

"The world goes by means of a really troubled interval," Wylie mentioned. "I feel nationalism is on the rise, a form of fundamentalist proper is on the rise."

Rushdie's alleged attacker, Hadi Matar, was indicted by a grand jury in August. He pleaded not responsible to the tried homicide and assault expenses.