Salman Rushdie's Life and 'The Satanic Verses'

Novelist Salman Rushdie discusses his life, including the backlash and threats he faced after publishing 'The Satanic Verses' inspired by the life of Prophet Muhammad. He survived a vicious attack in 2022 and chronicled his experience in his new memoir 'KNIFE'.

Salman Rushdie's Near-Death Experience and Memoir 'Knife'

Salman Rushdie discusses a near-death experience in which he was attacked and left feeling extreme loneliness, reflecting on the incident in his memoir 'Knife'. Rushdie shares his experience with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, discussing the attack, the fatwa calling for his death decades ago, and finding love later in life.