Shattered

Resumen del libro

From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed.Moving, funny, remarkable Richard Eyre. 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 , 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.

Biografía del autor

p strong Hanif Kureishi, /strong de origen paquistaní, nació en Inglaterra en 1954. Estudió Filosofía en el King's College de Londres, y allí empezó a escribir para el teatro; ganó el George Devine Award con em Outskirts. /em En Anagrama se han publicado sus guiones de las películas strong em Mi hermosa lavandería /em /strong (1985), strong em Sammy y Rosie se lo montan /em /strong y strong em Londres me mata /em /strong (esta última dirigida por él mismo), sus novelas strong em El buda de los suburbios /em /strong (Premio Whitbread y adaptada a serie televisiva por la BBC), strong em El álbum negro, Intimidad /em /strong (adaptada al cine en 2001), strong em El regalo de Gabriel, Mi oído en su corazón, Algo que contarte, La última palabra /em /strong y strong em Nada de nada, /em /strong dos libros de relatos, strong em Amor en tiempos tristes /em /strong y strong em Siempre es medianoche, El cuerpo, /em /strong una novela acompañada de varios relatos, y el libro de textos autobiográficos strong em Soñar y contar /em /strong (2004). Su más reciente obra es strong em Amor + Odio /em /strong .<br>