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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Maanya Sachdeva

Hanif Kureishi says ‘world seems much darker’ on anniversary of Boxing Day accident

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The British author Hanif Kureishi has said the “world seems much darker” since suffering the “Kafkaesque” Boxing Day accident in Italy last year.

Exactly one year since the terrible fall in Rome left Kureishi without the use of his hands and legs, the award-winning novelist and playwright reflected on his fate – and reconnecting with his readers – in a new interview.

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