Salman Rushdie: 'Watching the pool of my blood spreading, I thought: I'm dying' | Exclusive

Sir Salman Rushdie has described the “matter of fact” realisation that he was dying after being stabbed in 2022, in a reading from his memoir recorded exclusively for The Telegraph.
The Booker Prize winner recounts how he willed himself to carry on living as he watched a pool of blood “spreading out from my body” after the on-stage attack as he prepared to deliver a lecture in New York state.
Sir Salman’s account of the stabbing and his recovery from it, called Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder, is published today.
Sitting in the book-lined office of his agent in New York, Sir Salman is able to hold the book with his injured left hand, which was badly damaged when he was stabbed more than a dozen times by a suspected Islamist fanatic.
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  • @bearowen5480
    @bearowen5480Ай бұрын

    Powerful, very powerful. I'm so grateful that this literary giant of a man was spared for us! Long live Salman Rushdie, he has more to tell us about life.

  • @arleneirvine1526
    @arleneirvine1526Ай бұрын

    i crashed in a float plane many years ago, ended upside down at the bottom of a lake, my first thought was oh, i never thought i'd die this way, no fear, no panic, just genuine surprise, i lived , obviously.

  • @Alfakkin

    @Alfakkin

    Ай бұрын

  • @theworldaccordingto4555
    @theworldaccordingto4555Ай бұрын

    A fantastic writer & author (and a hardline atheist)... A great man. May he live long and treat us all to more of his thoughts and literature.

  • @civilengineer3349
    @civilengineer3349Ай бұрын

    What an extraordinary man

  • @mus3504

    @mus3504

    Ай бұрын

    How do u know ? where u married to him?

  • @TGHO45789
    @TGHO45789Ай бұрын

    Amazing video and remember everyone to keep going

  • @cgstudiosthebaconbro
    @cgstudiosthebaconbroАй бұрын

    My dad was in the military, his friend died in his arms and he was athiest, I wonder if his friend was thinking a similar thing about dying alone from the family while somebody is nearby while dying

  • @johnshepard8556

    @johnshepard8556

    Ай бұрын

    Sorrh to hear that but people should not treat there lives like a lottery like they do in the military with young men needlessly sacrificing there lives for greedy old men as life is sacred especially young life

  • @ayoolukoga9829

    @ayoolukoga9829

    Ай бұрын

    It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. Hebrews 9:27

  • @EllaBella-76

    @EllaBella-76

    Ай бұрын

    @cgstudiostebaconbro •I imagine your Dad’s best friend only cared that someone was there trust me I have come very close I had a major accident what was bazaar was I argued with the Air Ambulance medic about the need to cut off my clothes how bazaar that I should not even realise it took me ages to actually understand when I saw my brother crying I could not even figure that out ?But a friend died in that same accident I think that was worse it gave me horrendous PTSD -I can’t actually remember much -Here he is talking about his clothes my Silk blouse ?

  • @julianavellaromero3378
    @julianavellaromero3378Ай бұрын

    Salman is good for mankind. What a set of balls he has!

  • @lesleywild8706
    @lesleywild8706Ай бұрын

    If only every Imam could go through the same experience - the rubbish that they believe in might shrink to insignificance.

  • @bumblebee8653
    @bumblebee8653Ай бұрын

    Love and well wishes from Australia. ❤️

  • @nurseSean
    @nurseSeanАй бұрын

    That was a powerful passage. That message on this channel makes it geometrically more moving: not times two but squared. Разом ми переможемо

  • @nurseSean

    @nurseSean

    Ай бұрын

    OH wait, I thought this was, a particular Ukrainian media source. still a perfect platform for the message 😀

  • @keith8609
    @keith8609Ай бұрын

    A very brave man may he have a long life

  • @PPitambarP
    @PPitambarPАй бұрын

    Dear Sir, dying body hits the soul very very hard (harder than sickness).

  • @AlchemistOfNirnroot
    @AlchemistOfNirnrootАй бұрын

    Powerful.

  • @user-xo8mr4hf4r
    @user-xo8mr4hf4r3 күн бұрын

    Who out West hasn't wondered at and admired Rushdie?

  • @zamiadams4343
    @zamiadams4343Ай бұрын

    Such a great man, freedom of speech is EVERYTHING.

  • @suchitranag5198
    @suchitranag5198Ай бұрын

    Eager to read 💐 and to know what are the other books into your bookshelf 🙏

  • @ELPRES1DENTE45
    @ELPRES1DENTE45Ай бұрын

    Those Bond villain glasses are sick.

  • @painterly_porcine262

    @painterly_porcine262

    Ай бұрын

    hehehehe .... well that's at least one "Take-away".

  • @flossypark3169

    @flossypark3169

    Ай бұрын

    He was attacked viciously with the intent of ending his life, by a member of that ‘peaceful religion’ because he dared to criticise the Quran! Salman is a legend!

  • @nigelscott1922
    @nigelscott1922Ай бұрын

    Such a senseless attack on an amazing human being makes me very sad for humanity.

  • @tenkun2439
    @tenkun2439Ай бұрын

    As he narrates the story, it becomes like a knife cutting the knife.

  • @patriciastaton6182
    @patriciastaton6182Ай бұрын

    🎉🙏🏾🎉

  • @CIS101
    @CIS101Ай бұрын

    I heard of him long ago, and his book The Satanic Versus, but I know little of him. As of 1:29 that seems sincere, sad, and real.

  • @Eurydice870
    @Eurydice870Ай бұрын

  • @PapakShirazi
    @PapakShiraziАй бұрын

    Iran is now an ex-Muslim-majority country; Islam has Khomeini to thank for that!🥂

  • @tubalcain1039
    @tubalcain1039Ай бұрын

    Against all violence.

  • @AadamSaleem390
    @AadamSaleem390Ай бұрын

    This video came out of nowhere

  • @Humanity952
    @Humanity952Ай бұрын

    ❤ Without lust Islam is Dust 🎉

  • @thecomprador
    @thecompradorАй бұрын

    Islam is a peaceful religion, they say...

  • @FM-xx8ws

    @FM-xx8ws

    Ай бұрын

    Who killed all those innocent people and stabbed a baby in Bondi junction explain that

  • @arafjan7488

    @arafjan7488

    Ай бұрын

    Radical Judaism and Zionazism is the real threat

  • @arafjan7488

    @arafjan7488

    Ай бұрын

    Radical Judaism/Zionazism is the real threat now and Apartheid IsraHell

  • @robstewart1703

    @robstewart1703

    Ай бұрын

    @@FM-xx8ws who invaded and bombed the middle east in illegal wars killing and maiming hundreds of thousands?

  • @Humanity952
    @Humanity952Ай бұрын

    ExMuslim ❤

  • @alexandrelougansk2412
    @alexandrelougansk2412Ай бұрын

    Religion d'amour, de tolérance et de paix !

  • @kiandrah8517
    @kiandrah8517Ай бұрын

    I'm surprised he is still here then and now.

  • @samfawlia
    @samfawliaАй бұрын

    🥱

  • @pedrolplgm
    @pedrolplgmАй бұрын

    Sos.

  • @janklaas6885
    @janklaas6885Ай бұрын

    📍3:53 🫶

  • @SpaceGringos3D
    @SpaceGringos3DАй бұрын

    The fact some videos have comments turned off shows your extreme biased 👍🏻

  • @sunrisesunset6004
    @sunrisesunset6004Ай бұрын

    Interesting how he quotes St Paul despite denying Jesus and an imortal accountable soul.

  • @mariannehavisham8323

    @mariannehavisham8323

    Ай бұрын

    Peter Tatchel an atheist and Gandhi a Hindu have both also cited Jesus as a source of inspiration to them

  • @abbasnaeemofficial9895
    @abbasnaeemofficial9895Ай бұрын

    The West has always supported those who are against or write against Islam. Rushdie is more successful now. There are many a great English writers in India who are living in obscurity.

  • @AbdulHalim-vu7fv
    @AbdulHalim-vu7fvАй бұрын

    Sorry to hear of your. Pain..blood and CREDIT CARDS.

  • @Faith-May2005
    @Faith-May2005Ай бұрын

    I don't understand why they give so much value to these kinds of individuals (Ie : writers of non sense novels , autobiography , bla bla bla ...

  • @josephlarrybradley508

    @josephlarrybradley508

    Ай бұрын

    Because they fear him. Islam can't stand critical thinking or criticism of any sort.

  • @Faith-May2005
    @Faith-May2005Ай бұрын

    I thought this guy already died

  • @seanmoran2743
    @seanmoran2743Ай бұрын

    Hypocrisy from this rag yet again

  • @m1lfslayer225
    @m1lfslayer225Ай бұрын

    I thought he was vegetable

  • @itsali78692
    @itsali78692Ай бұрын

    Mf is still alive

  • @miqbalhundekari4802
    @miqbalhundekari4802Ай бұрын

    Dog is barking

  • @BeastHive

    @BeastHive

    Ай бұрын

    I didn't know dogs could type.

  • @WinstonMaraj-gx8sm

    @WinstonMaraj-gx8sm

    Ай бұрын

    I am pumping for Salman to win the Nobel Prize before 2030. Keep writing, Salman . Do a book about someone from Afghanistan escaping from Momo Land ,coming to the West, and having a breakdown of his family and girlfriend unable to escape and have a life in the West.

  • @rajsouth101

    @rajsouth101

    Ай бұрын

    Mohomo pedophet 72ed 1400 years ago..

  • @SajidKhan-jg8bk
    @SajidKhan-jg8bkАй бұрын

    Rushdie trying to project himself how "big" he is! If he would have been in a pool of blood, he wouldn't be alive to do all this jabbing!😡😡😡

  • @tyronp8487

    @tyronp8487

    Ай бұрын

    Roses are red violets are blue aisha was 9 and muhammed 52 🤮🤢

  • @robstewart1703

    @robstewart1703

    Ай бұрын

    🔔 🔚

  • @karl4683

    @karl4683

    Ай бұрын

    Spot the muslim

  • @jemalabdunasir1660
    @jemalabdunasir1660Ай бұрын

    We need a second fatwa on this traitor

  • @samdavepollard

    @samdavepollard

    Ай бұрын

    Why? The original has never been withdrawn. Have a nice day.

  • @lesleywild8706

    @lesleywild8706

    Ай бұрын

    @jemalabdunasir1660 The fatwa obviously wasn't meant to be so let it fall on your fat head?

  • @oneshothunter9877

    @oneshothunter9877

    Ай бұрын

    I can do a drawing of Muhammad. No problem.

  • @S.D.323

    @S.D.323

    Ай бұрын

    cope harder

  • @shahzadahmed6638
    @shahzadahmed6638Ай бұрын

    Hahahahahahah

  • @martinogold

    @martinogold

    Ай бұрын

    mong

  • @arafjan7488
    @arafjan7488Ай бұрын

    Looks like a Bond villain now! Poor writing I reckon would've been better to have gone gently into the long night dude. He should watch Yasir Qadhi's Seerah of the Prophet PBUH- its only the mercy of the Creator which guides someone to Islam.

  • @josephlarrybradley508

    @josephlarrybradley508

    Ай бұрын

    It.s only the devil that guides anyone to Islam.

  • @contact594

    @contact594

    Ай бұрын

    This is why the west doesn't need your 'values'

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