{"product_id":"shattered-a-memoir-9780063360501","title":"Shattered: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom acclaimed author and playwright Hanif Kureishi comes an urgent and stunning memoir about rebuilding a new life in the wake of devastating physical loss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShattered\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKureishi, Hanif:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHanif Kureishi \u003c\/strong\u003eis a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is the author of nine novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Buddha of Suburbia \u003c\/em\u003e(winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel), \u003cem\u003eThe Black Album\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIntimacy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e. His screenplay of \u003cem\u003eMy Beautiful Laundrette\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for an Oscar, and he is the recipient of the PEN Pinter Prize and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187337462034,"sku":"9780063360501","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9cba1c9-7e2d-4ece-a12c-dfa8e90da41e.jpg?v=1767094720","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shattered-a-memoir-9780063360501","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}