‘At night, it’s anguish’ – Hanif Kurishi talks trauma, recovery and assisted dying

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.