Rachel Eliza Griffiths, wife of Salman Rushdie: "It was very hard, but Salman survived"
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Meeting We discovered her, omnipresent alongside her husband Salman Rushdie, after the attack on the author of "The Satanic Verses" in 2022. Also a writer, Rachel Eliza Griffiths has published a beautiful novel about the fight for survival of an African-American family.
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“ Salman, may our love prove to this impossible world that nothing is impossible. I love you with all the fires and stories that have ever inhabited me, and with all the stories to come.” This dedication concludes the beautiful debut novel by Rachel Eliza Griffiths—Salman Rushdie’s wife. They met six years ago at a party at the Pen Club, of which he was president. His fifth marriage. A union without clouds until the tragic events at Chautauqua on August 12, 2022. That day, Lady Rushdie remained in New York. The author of “The Satanic Verses” was giving a lecture when a man stood up in the audience, went onto the stage, and stabbed him several times. The writer was taken to the hospital and immediately operated on. As for Eliza, she took the first flight to Pennsylvania upon hearing the news. She still didn’t know if her husband would survive.
During the six months of her husband's hospitalization, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, along with Andrew Wylie, the writer's agent, held his own. Rushdie later explained to David Remnick of The New Yorker the crucial role she played during his slow recovery: "Eliza took over at a time when I couldn't do anything myself. She handled the doctors, the police, the investigators, and the transportation from Pennsylvania to New…
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