A year after his horrific fall in Rome, Hanif Kureishi still cannot use his limbs

Kureishi, the bisexual author of the screenplay of "My Beautiful Laundrette" and multiple novels (including "the Buddha of Suburbia"), collapsed and fell on the sidewalk in Rome on Boxing Day, 2022, and still cannot use his hands, arms, or legs. In this article he complains bitterly about his loss of bodily privacy: Kureishi said that

Kureishi, the bisexual author of the screenplay of "My Beautiful Laundrette" and multiple novels (including "the Buddha of Suburbia"), collapsed and fell on the sidewalk in Rome on Boxing Day, 2022, and still cannot use his hands, arms, or legs. In this article he complains bitterly about his loss of bodily privacy: Kureishi said that since the accident he felt like an “exhibit” being surrounded by doctors, adding: “It is humiliating at the start and then you begin to realise that it doesn’t really matter. You realise quite quickly that your body doesn’t belong to you any more ... that you are changed, washed, poked and prodded by nurses and doctors, random people all the time. You give up any sense of privacy: of your body, of your mind, of your soul, of anything about you … it’s completely eradicated.”

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by Anonymousreply 4December 26, 2023 10:56 PM

Weird. I assumed he fell off a balcony or something, but all the articles just describe him falling over on the sidewalk. How did he do so much damage?

by Anonymousreply 1December 26, 2023 10:51 PM

That's terrible. I had not heard about his predicament. Poor Hanif.

by Anonymousreply 2December 26, 2023 10:54 PM

I had no idea this had happened to him. Love his books. One of the best interviews I ever saw in person was his appearance at SF City Arts and Lectures in the 90s.

by Anonymousreply 3December 26, 2023 10:56 PM

Somebody really dropped the ball on this one.

by Anonymousreply 4December 26, 2023 10:56 PM

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