Hanif Kureishi to publish memoir about accident that left him paralysed

Shattered, out in 2024, will expand on the material the Buddha of Suburbia author has been sharing on social media from his hospital bed since a fall in Rome last yearThe novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi will publish a memoir in 2024 about the accident that left him paralysed last year. Shattered will expand on the material The Buddha of Suburbia’s author has been sharing on social media and Substack, which he continues to dictate from an Italian hospital.On Boxing Day 2022, the author was rushed to intensive care after a fall in Rome. He later tweeted (via dictation to family) that he may never be able to walk or use a pen again. Since then his blogposts The Kureishi Chronicles, published via Substack, and his tweets have shared insights on everything from his health to his recreational drug use. A recent post told of a visit from Kureishi’s schoolfriend David, whom the author revealed he had fancied in his youth. David had pushed the writer around the hospital’s small garden and the pair had enjoyed discussing “anything that came into [their] minds”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-04-18 11:05:08 UTC ]
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