Shattered

On Boxing Day 2022, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. Soon after, he realised he had lost the use of his limbs. While confined to a series of hospital wards, he began to dictate to family members the words which formed in his head. The result was a series of dispatches from his hospital bed. This book shows both a shattering and a reassembling: a new life born of pain, but animated by new feelings.