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ShatteredSHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2025 From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia , a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. ___________________ 'A few days ago, a bomb went off in my life, but this bomb has also shattered the lives of those around me. My partner, my children, my friends.' On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, in a pool of blood, he was horrified to realise
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2025 From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia , a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. ___________________ 'A few days ago, a bomb went off in my life, but this bomb has also shattered the lives of those around me. My partner, my children, my friends.' On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, in a pool of blood, he was horrified to realise he had lost the use of his limbs. He could no longer walk, write or wash himself. He could do nothing without the help of others, and required constant care in a hospital. So began an odyssey of a year through the medical systems of Rome and Italy, with the hope of somehow being able to return home, to his house in London. While confined to a series of hospital wards, he felt compelled to write, but being unable to type or to hold a pen, he began to dictate to family members the words which formed in his head. The result was an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed - a diary of a life in pieces, recorded with rare honesty, clarity and courage. This book takes these hospital dispatches - edited, expanded and meticulously interwoven with new writing - and charts both a shattering and a reassembling: a new life born of pain and loss, but animated by new feelings - of gratitude, humility and love. 'Moving, funny, remarkable' Richard Eyre 'Extraordinary, unique and unputdownable' Independent
| EAN: | 9780241667958 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 31.10.2024 |
| Autoren: | Kureishi, Hanif |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 336 |
| Themenüberschrift: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs |
| Keyword: | intelligent books; memoirs; mental health; autobiography; disability; disabled; british; britain; salman rushdie; nonfiction; non-fiction; essays; letters; memoir; the buddha of suburbia; emotional books; sad books; father son; injury; sexuality; race; class; the black album; the body; twitter; intimacy; fear; private life; intensive care; health; isolation; accident; paralysed; hospital; rome; novelist; my beautiful laundrette; illness |
| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Großbritannien / Roman, Erzählung~Rom (Stadt) / Roman, Erzählung~Erinnerung / Literatur |
| Fachkategorie: | Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch~Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen~Literarische Essays~Umgang mit Krankheit |
| Interesse Alter: | Relating to British South Asian people~Relating to people with mobility or physical disabilities or impairments |
| Imprint-Titels: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Länge: | 222 mm |
| Breite: | 138 mm |
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