{"product_id":"shattered-hanif-kureishi-9781405959759","title":"Shattered","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hanif Kureishi","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47789660111091,"sku":"9781405959759","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781405959759.jpg?v=1761592373","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/shattered-hanif-kureishi-9781405959759","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}