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Hanif Kureishi

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Description:From acclaimed author and playwright Hanif Kureishi comes an urgent and stunning memoir about rebuilding a new life in the wake of devastating physical loss.In late 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, he realized he could no longer walk. He could do nothing without the help of others and required constant care in a hospital. So began a yearlong odyssey 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 hold a pen, he began to dictate to family members the words that formed in his head—thoughts on his medical condition, but also parenthood, immigration, sex, psychoanalysis, and, of course, writing. The result was an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital a diary of a life in pieces, recorded with rare honesty, humor, and verve.Shattered takes these dispatches—edited, expanded, and meticulously interwoven with new writing—and charts both a shattering and a a new life born of pain and loss but also animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shattered. To get started finding Shattered, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From acclaimed author and playwright Hanif Kureishi comes an urgent and stunning memoir about rebuilding a new life in the wake of devastating physical loss.In late 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, he realized he could no longer walk. He could do nothing without the help of others and required constant care in a hospital. So began a yearlong odyssey 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 hold a pen, he began to dictate to family members the words that formed in his head—thoughts on his medical condition, but also parenthood, immigration, sex, psychoanalysis, and, of course, writing. The result was an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital a diary of a life in pieces, recorded with rare honesty, humor, and verve.Shattered takes these dispatches—edited, expanded, and meticulously interwoven with new writing—and charts both a shattering and a a new life born of pain and loss but also animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shattered. To get started finding Shattered, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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