Hanif Kureishi

Yeah, that's the story. I've been unwell with a stomach infection. And I've been taking a lot of painkillers and antibiotics and suppositories, all kinds of other stuff. So I was very weak. So I was at Isabella's apartment in Rome.

Yeah, about to become wife, actually. Okay. No one else wants me now, so. And then I fell faint. I put my head between my legs, as you're supposed to do. And then I blacked out. And I think what happened was I stood up at that moment. And I took some steps across the room and then I felt absolutely flat bang on my face and I broke my neck or damaged my spine very badly.

Yeah, about to become wife, actually. Okay. No one else wants me now, so. And then I fell faint. I put my head between my legs, as you're supposed to do. And then I blacked out. And I think what happened was I stood up at that moment. And I took some steps across the room and then I felt absolutely flat bang on my face and I broke my neck or damaged my spine very badly.

Yeah, about to become wife, actually. Okay. No one else wants me now, so. And then I fell faint. I put my head between my legs, as you're supposed to do. And then I blacked out. And I think what happened was I stood up at that moment. And I took some steps across the room and then I felt absolutely flat bang on my face and I broke my neck or damaged my spine very badly.

And when I woke up, I was in a pool of blood and I was unable to move my hands or any other part of my body. I could still speak.

And when I woke up, I was in a pool of blood and I was unable to move my hands or any other part of my body. I could still speak.

And when I woke up, I was in a pool of blood and I was unable to move my hands or any other part of my body. I could still speak.

Well, in the beginning, it's very odd because... You're upside down on your head. You're bleeding from your forehead. And then I saw these objects out of the corner of my eye and I didn't know what they were. And then I began to realise that it was my hands, but I had no agency over them. I thought that they were, you know, sort of live creatures, curled live creatures.

Well, in the beginning, it's very odd because... You're upside down on your head. You're bleeding from your forehead. And then I saw these objects out of the corner of my eye and I didn't know what they were. And then I began to realise that it was my hands, but I had no agency over them. I thought that they were, you know, sort of live creatures, curled live creatures.

Well, in the beginning, it's very odd because... You're upside down on your head. You're bleeding from your forehead. And then I saw these objects out of the corner of my eye and I didn't know what they were. And then I began to realise that it was my hands, but I had no agency over them. I thought that they were, you know, sort of live creatures, curled live creatures.

And then I became convinced that I was going to die and that eventually I would sort of suffocate.

And then I became convinced that I was going to die and that eventually I would sort of suffocate.

And then I became convinced that I was going to die and that eventually I would sort of suffocate.

It was really because when I was in the ICU in Rome, I was just a body to the nurses, to the doctors. I was in the medical industrial complex and they were working on me and doing stuff to me and, you know, washing me and feeding me and then I had an operation and so on. But I wasn't really a person. I'd lost myself, really.

It was really because when I was in the ICU in Rome, I was just a body to the nurses, to the doctors. I was in the medical industrial complex and they were working on me and doing stuff to me and, you know, washing me and feeding me and then I had an operation and so on. But I wasn't really a person. I'd lost myself, really.

It was really because when I was in the ICU in Rome, I was just a body to the nurses, to the doctors. I was in the medical industrial complex and they were working on me and doing stuff to me and, you know, washing me and feeding me and then I had an operation and so on. But I wasn't really a person. I'd lost myself, really.

And the way that I could remind myself of who I was, a writer with a history, a person in the world, was to start writing again. So I started writing to my long-suffering partner, Isabella, who would sit at the end of the bed, tapping into her phone. And I started to issue statements or blogs about exactly what was happening to me.

And the way that I could remind myself of who I was, a writer with a history, a person in the world, was to start writing again. So I started writing to my long-suffering partner, Isabella, who would sit at the end of the bed, tapping into her phone. And I started to issue statements or blogs about exactly what was happening to me.

And the way that I could remind myself of who I was, a writer with a history, a person in the world, was to start writing again. So I started writing to my long-suffering partner, Isabella, who would sit at the end of the bed, tapping into her phone. And I started to issue statements or blogs about exactly what was happening to me.

And then Carlo, my son, he put the blogs on Substack, where I had an account. And then he started putting them on Twitter and so on. And they started to go around. And people started paying attention, and the figures went up and up and up. So I did one one day, then I did one the next day, and one the next day at that point.