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Abdulrazak Gurnah’s work follows a Zanzibari man who flees his native island to settle in London. There, he teaches in a cramped school and partners with an English woman researching narrative theory. Although living comfortably in suburban England, he remains haunted by his family's silence and the cultural gulf between his past and present. A return to Zanzibar enables him to confront the shifts that have transformed his homeland and himself.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Abdulrazak Gurnah
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