Salman Rushdie on survival, censorship and the power of fiction

Salman Rushdie has returned to fiction with 'The Eleventh Hour', his first novel since a knife attack in twenty twenty-two left him blind in one eye. According to an interview at Porto's new BABELL literary festival, the celebrated author reflected on resilience, censorship, and mortality—and why storytelling endures as one of humanity's greatest acts of freedom. For Rushdie, whose career has been defined by battles over artistic expression, the novel represents a profound statement on survival.

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