Author Salman Rushdie, marking his return to the literary world after a violent attack last year that left him permanently injured, says he doesn't want pity.
“I’ve always tried very hard not to adopt the role of a victim,” he recently toldmagazine editor David Remnick. The story marked Rushdie’s first interview since he was stabbed.
Rushdie has also expressed little desire to embrace a recluse's life after the midsummer violence at a public, outdoor discussion in Chautauqua, New York. A person dressed in black rushed the stage, and Rushdie was stabbed multiple times, authorities said.that Rushdie's injuries, including a punctured eye, a damaged liver and severed nerves, would be"life-changing."
He pleaded not guilty. A lawyer appointed to represent him did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Although he watched his back and used security after instances of riotous Muslim world responses to 1988's"The Satanic Verses," which included a Muhammad character portrayed as human and flawed, Rushdie over time rejected the idea of living in exile or fear.
He said he wants readers to receive him through his books and not consider how such a traumatic event would scar his life's timeline, even as he admitted the incident has tested his resolve.
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