“The man who attacked you had no idea how to kill a man with a knife.”
“The man who attacked you had no idea how to kill a man with a knife.” That’s what one of the surgeons who operated on Salman Rushdie told him after he was ...

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“The man who attacked you had no idea how to kill a man with a knife.”
That’s what one of the surgeons who operated on Salman Rushdie told him after he was attacked and nearly killed during a public lecture in 2022.
“I mean, he came very close to killing me,” the author told NPR. “But he didn’t.”
Rushdie’s new memoir, “Knife,” details the attack.
Watch the full interview on our channel.
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That’s what one of the surgeons who operated on Salman Rushdie told him after he was attacked and nearly killed during a public lecture in 2022.
“I mean, he came very close to killing me,” the author told NPR. “But he didn’t.”
Rushdie’s new memoir, “Knife,” details the attack.
Watch the full interview on our channel.
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Follow NPR elsewhere, too:
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/npr/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@npr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NPR
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