It’s almost two years since the British author Hanif Kureishi was left paralysed, after fainting and falling on his head, while in Rome.
The writer – who rose to prominence confronting complex social issues in novels like ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’ – has had to confront the trauma of his accident and a new way of living.
His book ‘Shattered’ is a brutally honest account of his recovery so far.
We asked him if the memory of what happened is still painfully sharp.
