In an interview with “60 Minutes,” acclaimed novelist Sir Salman Rushdie revealed his thoughts on the knife attack that nearly claimed his life in August 2022, describing his survival as an inexplicable occurrence. Reflecting on the incident, Mr. Rushdie pondered, “How does somebody who doesn’t believe in the supernatural account for the fact that something has happened, which feels like a miracle?”
In the wake of the attack, the Indian-born novelist has expressed confusion about the circumstances surrounding his survival, “I certainly don’t feel that some hand reached down from the sky and guarded me, but I do think something happened which wasn’t supposed to happen. I have no explanation for it.”
