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Shattered

A Memoir

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Shattered

By: Hanif Kureishi
Narrated by: Art Malik
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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 bed: 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 reassembling: a new life born of pain and loss but also animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.

©2025 Hanif Kureishi (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Cultural & Regional Medical Professionals & Academics Witty
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Beautifully written, engaging and honest. I love Hanif Kureishi’s writings. Wonderful narrator. He should have narrated all of Kureishi’s books. There are some great books of his with poorly matched narrators.

Honest, courageous and beautifully written

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I think the narrator elevated the book. This is not a joyful book. In a fashion this are collected essays. But for what it is, it is a worthy read

Excellent Narrator for the material

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I liked his honesty. The narrator was excellent! He is SO fortunate to have such a wonderful partner.

Honesty

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