By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 <br/> <br/>'The elegance and control of Gurnah's writing, and his understanding of how quietly and slowly and repeatedly a heart can break, make this a deeply rewarding novel' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian <br/> <br/>For seven-year-old Salim, the pillars upholding his small universe - his indifferent father, his adored uncle, his treasured books, the daily routines of government school and Koran lessons - seem unshakeable. But it is the 1970s, and the winds of change are blowing through Zanzibar: suddenly Salim's father is gone, and the island convulses with violence and corruption the wake of a revolution. It will only be years later, making his way through an alien and hostile London, that Salim will begin to understand the shame and exploitation festering at the heart of his family's history. <br/> <br/>'Riveting ... The measured elegance of Gurnah's prose renders his protagonist in a manner almost uncannily real' New York Times <br/> <br/>'Glittering ... Each work is different from the last, yet they build into a powerfully evocative oeuvre that keeps coming back to the same questions, in spare, graceful prose, about the ties that bind and the ties that fray' Telegraph <br/> <br/>'A colourful tale of life in a Zanzibar village, where passions and politics reshape a family... Powerful' Mail on Sunday
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Staggering novel of displacement and loss from the critically acclaimed author
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LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2021 <br/>LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2021 <br/> <br/>'Riveting and heartbreaking ... A compelling novel, one that gathers close all those who were meant to be forgotten,...
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Early one morning in 1899, in a small town along the coast from Mombasa, Hassanali sets out for the mosque. But he never gets there, for out of the desert stumbles an ashen and exhausted Englishman who collapses at his feet. That man is Martin Pearce...
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<u><b>By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021</b></u><b>A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural past</b><b>¿Gurnah writes with wonderful insight about...
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