Sir Salman Rushdie: I have the power back after writing about knife attack [Video]

Sir Salman Rushdie has said writing a book about his knife attack was a device to give him back “power” over his own life.

The 76-year-old Indian-born author lost sight in his right eye after the on-stage attack at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state.

He discussed his experience of suffering severe and life-changing injuries at a Southbank event on Sunday while promoting the memoir Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder, which was released on Tuesday.

Sir Salman, who was educated at Rugby School in Warwickshire and King’s College, Cambridge and lived for some of his life in the UK, spoke via video from his home in the US.

The Booker Prize-winning writer said: “I have a very good therapist who actually was helpful and who (I) had discussed this book with as I was …