"Salman Rushdie's Memoir 'Knife' Chronicles Near-Fatal Attack"

Two nights before being stabbed at a literary event, Salman Rushdie had a nightmare about being attacked. After the incident, Rushdie wrote a book called Knife, which explores the attack, his recovery, and existential questions about facing death and finding his identity in an altered body and state of mind. He reflects on his changed relationship to the event and his increased appreciation of life, expressing gratitude for each day as a blessing.