Paradise: A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 (Bloomsbury Paperbacks)

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Paradise: A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 (Bloomsbury Paperbacks) Gurnah, Abdulrazak Summary From the Nobel Prize winner, a comin g-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization "[Gurnah’s novels] recoil from stereotypical descriptions and open our gaze to a culturally diversified East Africa unfamiliar to many in other parts of the world." —Nobel Committee for Literature at the Swedish Academy Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, Paradise was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “breakthrough” work. From the Nobel Prize winner, a coming-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization "[Gurnah’s novels] recoil from stereotypical descriptions and open our gaze to a culturally diversified East Africa unfamiliar to many in other parts of the world." —Nobel Committee for Literature at the Swedish Academy Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, Paradise was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “breakthrough” work. It is at once the chronicle of an African boy’s coming-of-age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism. Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into complexities of pre-colonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf’s eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is what Publishers Weekly calls a “vibrant” and “powerful” work that “evokes the Edenic natural beauty of a continent on the verge of full-scale imperialist takeover.” Highlights Easy to enjoy: 256 pages · Paperback By Gurnah, Abdulrazak Details ISBN: 9780747573999 Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Language: English Publication date: 15 November 2004 Condition: New About the authors Gurnah, Abdulrazak and Abdulrazak Gurnah · Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks More about this book Reviews Paradise is at once the story of an African boy's coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of traditional African patterns by European colonialism. Show more