Desertion

Zusatztext An absorbing novel about abandonment and loss ... Gurnah writes beautifully , with the satisfying assurance of someone who knows how to achieve his effects without undue fuss but with absolute precision Informationen zum Autor Abdulrazak Gurnah Klappentext By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature 'A careful and heartfelt exploration of the way memory inevitably consoles and disappoints us' Sunday Times 'Beautifully written and pleasurable ... The work of a maestro' Guardian 'An absorbing novel about abandonment and loss' Daily Telegraph ___________________________________ 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 - writer, traveller and something of an Orientalist. After Pearce has recuperated, he visits Hassanali to thank him for his rescue and meets Hassanali's sister Rehana; he is immediately captivated. In this crumbling town on the edge of civilised life, with the empire on the brink of a new century, a passionate love affair begins that brings two cultures together and which will reverberate through three generations and across continents. Vorwort From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021, 'an absorbing novel about abandonment and loss' ( Daily Telegraph ) Zusammenfassung The breakthrough book from the highly acclaimed author of By the Sea

Product details

• Authors: Abdulrazak Gurnah
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.05.2006
• EAN: 9780747578956
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-7895-6
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Paperbacks; Chronik der dunklen Wälder / Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Wolfsbruder / Wolf Brother; Bloomsbury Publishing
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Kenya, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Modern and contemporary fiction, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / East Africa, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary