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Author Salman Rushdie's life is still under threat but he remains "feisty" and maintains his sense of humour, his family says.

The author of Sabrina brings us a discomfiting picture of charlatanism in action

The author is recovering, but it will be a long process, those close to him say. His injuries include a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye.

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As an aspiring writer I loved many exiled authors, from Márquez to Kundera, but with Rushdie the stakes were raised

Author’s agent says his “injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction”

Sir Salman Rushdie’s injuries remain “severe” but his condition is heading “in the right direction” after his stabbing, the author’s agent has said.

Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US - the author's agent Andrew Wylie had earlier said he could lose an eye after the attack

Roughly a year ago, in an exclusive interview with TOI’s Vinita Dawra Nangia at the Times Literature Festival 2021, former Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie revealed about his upcoming book. "After 10 years of which mostly I have written these western-based novels, which are mostly set in America, I think it…