Salman Rushdie, a British-American author and longtime critic of Islam, has lost sight in one eye and movement in one hand as a result of a violent attack against him in western New York two months ago.
In an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, Andrew Wylie, a book agent for Rushdie, gave an update on the 75-year-old novelist’s recovery from the Aug. 12 knife attack at a literacy event. State police reported at that time that Rushdie was stabbed at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen.
“[His wounds] were profound, but he’s [also] lost the sight of one eye,” Wylie said. “He had three serious wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso. So, it was a brutal attack.”…