\u0027The news is not good,\u0027 his book agent wrote. \u0027Salman will likely lose one eye\u003B the nerves in his arm were severed\u003B and his liver was stabbed and damaged\u0027
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.“We can think of no comparable incident of a public attack on a literary writer on American soil. Just hours before the attack, on Friday morning, Salman had emailed me to help with placements for Ukrainian writers in need of safe refuge from the grave perils they face. Salman Rushdie has been targeted for his words for decades but has never flinched nor faltered.
“Rushdie has paid a high price. He is a leading author who has meant so much to literature, and he had found a good life in the United States.”“This appalling attack on my dear friend Salman represents an assault on freedom of thought and speech. These are the freedoms that underpin all our rights and liberties. Salman has been an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists across the world.
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