By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
The Booker Prize-shortlisted author of }Paradise{ takes up the subject of tumultuous seventies Zanzibar as a backdrop for family disturbances as experienced by the young Salim, who is eventually transposed to 1990s London, reflecting in this hostile new environment on family, power and identity
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By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
'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
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.
'Riveting . The measured elegance of Gurnah's prose renders his protagonist in a manner almost uncannily real' New York Times