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The new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa Selected as a book to look out for in 2025 by the Guardian, Observer, Irish Times and BBC _________________________________________________________ What are we given, and what do we have to take for ourselves? It is the 1990s. Growing up in Zanzibar, three very different young people - Karim, Fauzia and Badar - are coming of age, and dreaming of great possibilities in their young nation. But for Badar, an uneducated servant boy who has never known his parents, it seems as if all doors are closed. Brought into a lowly position in a great house in Dar es Salaam, Badar finds the first true home of his life - and the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. Even when a shattering false accusation sees Badar sent away, Karim and Fauzia refuse to turn away from their friend. But as the three of them take their first steps in love, infatuation, work and parenthood, their bond is tested - and Karim is tempted into a betrayal that will change all of their lives forever.

Mit fesselnder Erzählkunst entfaltet der Autor komplexe Geschichten, die tief in menschliche Emotionen und kulturelle Identitäten eintauchen. Die Charaktere sind vielschichtig und authentisch, was zu einem eindringlichen Leseerlebnis führt. Themen wie Migration, Identität und das Streben nach Zugehörigkeit werden kunstvoll beleuchtet, während die Erzählung gleichzeitig die Herausforderungen und Schönheiten des Lebens reflektiert. Gurnahs Werke bieten nicht nur Unterhaltung, sondern auch wertvolle Einblicke in die menschliche Erfahrung.

Set in Tanzania at the turn of the twenty-first century, the story follows three young individuals navigating their futures amid rapid global change. Karim returns home with newfound ambition, capturing the attention of Fauzia, who seeks an escape from her restrictive upbringing. Together, they offer support to Badar, a boy grappling with uncertainty about his future. As their lives intertwine, they confront the challenges and opportunities brought by modernization, ultimately exploring the meaning of self-determination in a transforming world.

'One of the world's most prominent postcolonial writers ... He has consistently and with great compassion penetrated the effects of colonialism and its effects on the lives of uprooted and migrating individuals' Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee Delivered in London on 7 December 2021, 'Writing' is the lecture of the Nobel Laureate in Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah. Collected here with three further essays, it explores his coming-of-age, his early experiences in 1960s Britain, the narratives of oceans, his lifelong love affair with reading, and the power of writing to subvert the stories that have been handed to us. Generous, funny and wise, this collection is the perfect introduction to the storyteller described as 'one of Africa's most important living writers'; whose work, now spanning four decades, continues to spin wonder and magic while offering penetrating insight into exile, migration and homecoming. 'In book after book, he guides us through seismic historic moments and devastating societal ruptures while gently outlining what it is that keeps those families, friendships and loving spaces intact' Maaza Mengiste 'A wondrous writer' Philippe Sands

A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural past Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour finds solace amidst the squalor of her childhood by spinning warm tales of affection about her beautiful names. But she knows nothing of their origins, and little of her family history - or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain. At seventeen, she takes on the burden of responsibility for her brother and sister and is obsessed with keeping the family together. However, as Sophie, lumpen yet voluptuous, drifts away, and the confused Hudson is absorbed into the world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own needs. Building on her fragmented, tantalising memories, she begins to clear a path through life, gradually gathering the confidence to take risks, to forge friendships and to challenge the labels that have been forced upon her.

A man returns to his native Zanzibar after years of exile in England, and must come to terms with the changes both in him and in his childhood home.

Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah’s first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life

Román nositele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu tematicky navazuje na autorův nejúspěšnější román Ráj. Když byl Ilyas ještě chlapec, ukradli ho rodičům na pobřeží východní Afriky němečtí koloniální vojáci. Po letech strávených mimo domov, kde bojoval proti svým vlastním lidem, se vrací domů a zjišťuje, že jeho rodiče jsou pryč a jeho sestra Afiya je de facto opuštěna a zotročena. Hamza se také vrací z války domů, zjizvený na těle i na duši, a kromě oblečení nemá nic - dokud nepotká krásnou, neohroženou Afiyu. Zatímco tito mladí lidé žijí, pracují a zamilovávají se a jejich osudy jsou stále těsněji spjaty, padá na ně stín nové války na jiném kontinentu a hrozí, že je opět odnese pryč. Dozvuky jsou na jednu stranu románem zasazeným do specifického myšlenkového i kulturního prostředí, zároveň reflektují univerzální lidské zkušenosti, které jsou nositeli vysokého potenciálu k překlenutí kulturních bariér. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

[A] captivating storyteller, with a voice both lyrical and mordant, and an oeuvre haunted by memory and loss. His intricate novels of arrival and departure . reveal, with flashes of acerbic humour, the lingering ties that bind continents, and how competing versions of history collide Guardian