"It's a kind of stupidity. My friends make fun of me for the reason that there's very little in the world to be hopeful about right now. But I persist."
"If you've had the experience of coming from one world to another and you don't know the rules of the new world, you're lost. Being dead is just one version of that."
"When the Honorary Fellow S. M. Arthur woke up in his darkened college bedroom he was dead, but at first that didn't seem to change anything."
Salman Rushdie received a standing ovation at the LIT:potsdam literary festival, showcasing his resilience after a 2022 assassination attempt. He discussed his new book, 'The Eleventh Hour,' which features five stories that blend humor and despair at life's end. Rushdie's upcoming autobiographical work, 'Knife,' reflects on his near-death experience. He connects deeply with his characters, particularly one who embodies the confusion of navigating a new reality. His storytelling addresses profound existential questions about how to spend one's time before death.
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