Hanif Kureishi's memoir, "The Buddha of Suburbia," chronicles his life-altering accident and its impact on his partner, children, and friends. After a fall in Rome, he became paralyzed and had to navigate the medical systems of Rome and Italy to return home. He dictated dispatches from his hospital bed, which were edited, expanded, and interwoven with new writing to create an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed. The book charts a shattering and reassembling of his life, born of pain and loss but animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Hanif Kureishi's Memoir: A Year in the Life of a Paralysed Man

Hanif Kureishi, the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia," a memoir about the accident that left him paralyzed, has written a new book about his experience. In "A Year in the Life of a Paralysed Man," Kureishi recounts his journey through the medical systems of Rome and Italy, hoping to return home to his house in London. While confined to hospital wards, he dictated his words to family members, resulting in an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed. These dispatches are edited, expanded, and meticulously interwoven with new writing, charting a shattering and reassembling of his life, born of pain and loss but animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.

Richard Eyre, the director of the National Theatre, describes the book as "moving, funny, remarkable." The Independent calls it "extraordinary, unique, and unputdownable."

Hanif Kureishi's Memoir: A Year in the Life of a Paralysed Man

Hanif Kureishi, the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia," a memoir about the accident that left him paralyzed, has written a new book about his experience. In "A Year in the Life of a Paralysed Man," Kureishi recounts his journey through the medical systems of Rome and Italy, hoping to return home to his house in London. While confined to hospital wards, he dictated his words to family members, resulting in an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed. These dispatches are edited, expanded, and meticulously interwoven with new writing, charting a shattering and reassembling of his life, born of pain and loss but animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.

Richard Eyre, the director of the National Theatre, describes the book as "moving, funny, remarkable." The Independent calls it "extraordinary, unique, and unputdownable."

Weight: 442g
Dimension: 224 x 145 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241667958