Shattered - A Memoir

From acclaimed author and playwright Hanif Kureishi comes an urgent and stunning memoir about rebuilding a new life in the wake of devastating physical loss. In late 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, he realized he could no longer walk. He could do nothing without the help of others and required constant care in a hospital. So began a yearlong odyssey 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 hold a pen, he began to dictate to family members the words that formed in his head--thoughts on his medical condition, but also parenthood, immigration, sex, psychoanalysis, and, of course, writing. The result was an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed: a diary of a life in pieces, recorded with rare honesty, humor, and verve. Shattered takes these 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 also animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hanif Kureishi
• Editore: Ecco Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.01.2026
• EAN: 9780063360518
• ISBN: 978-0-06-336051-8
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Biography: general, Memoirs, Age groups: the elderly, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Home nursing and caring, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Biography: writers, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Nursing and ancillary services, Relating to late adulthood / old age, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / General, COMPOSITION & WRITING: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Medical (incl. Patients), PHILOSOPHY: Mind & Body, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, LITERATURE: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Life Stages / Later Years, MEDICAL: Caregiving, Coping with / advice about ageing, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diseases & Conditions / Musculoskeletal, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, Literature / Memoir & Biography, Composition & Writing / Memoir & Biography