British-Pakistani writer of The Buddha of Suburbia, the international bestseller of 1990, Hanif Kureishi collapsed in Rome and says he may not be able to walk or write again. He wrote in a tweet that since the incident that occurred a few days before New Year, he is unable to move his arms or legs.<\/p>\n
The Oscar-nominated scriptwriter and author said in a series of tweets on Friday, that he thought he was dying after the fall.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had just seen Mo Salah score against Aston Villa, sipped half a beer, when I began to feel dizzy. I lent forward and put my head between my legs; I woke up a few minutes later in a pool of blood, my neck in a grotesquely twisted position, my wife on her knees beside me,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
The author is in hospital and has had a spine operation that led to only \u201cminor improvements\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 68-year-old said he felt like \u201che had become divorced\u201d from himself and believed he was dying and had only \u201cthree breaths left\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the floor my wife heard my frantic shouting. She saved my life and kept me calm. For a few days I was profoundly traumatised, altered and unrecognisable to myself. I am in the hospital. I cannot move move my arms and legs,\u201d Kureishi said.<\/p>\n
He added that he cannot even scratch his nose or make a phone call or even feed himself , calling it both \u201c humiliating, degrading and a burden for others.\u201c<\/p>\n
He comforted his followers by adding that he has sensation and some movement in all his limbs and will soon begin physio and rehabilition in an effort to get better. He also thanked the doctors and nurses at the hospital for taking care of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the moment, it is unclear whether I will ever be able to walk again, or whether I\u2019ll ever be able to hold a pen, if there is any assistance that I would be grateful for, it would be with regard to voice-assisted hardware and software, which will allow me to watch, write and begin work again, and continue some kind of half-life and begin work again, and continue some kind of half life,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Lastly, he asked his followers to send in ideas that might help him recover. \u201cI want to thank all my readers for their love and support over the years. Love Hanif,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
Kureishi is known as an author of books like My Son the Fanatic, Intimacy, The Last Word and screenwriter for My Beautiful Laundrette, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, The Mother and Venus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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