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Author Hanif Kureishi starting to feel ‘normal’ after fall left him tetraplegic

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The novelist said writing makes him feel as though he is ‘not just a broken body’.

British author and playwright Hanif Kureishi said “I’ve started to feel like a normal person” over a year after a fall left him paralysed.

“Although I’m tetraplegic, I’ve started to feel like a normal person,” the 69-year-old told the Telegraph.“I still have health issues; every day is a lucky day for me. Working really keeps me believing in something worthwhile in my life.” “My kids call me The Great Dictator because I shout at them and they write it down. It’s like a spontaneous bop chain of words.

 

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