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The Last Gift: A Novel
Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Description for The Last Gift: A Novel
Paperback. An astounding meditation on family, self and the meaning of home by the Booker-shortlisted author of Desertion Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. A Novel. 288 pages. An astounding meditation on family, self and the meaning of home by the Booker-shortlisted author of Desertion. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight: 202.
One day, long before the troubles, he slipped away without saying a word to anyone and never went back. And then another day, forty three years later, he collapsed just inside the front door of his house in a small English town. It was late in the day when it happened, on his way home after work, but it was also late in the day altogether. He had left things for too long and there was no one to blame for it but himself. Abbas has never told anyone about his past - before he was a ... Read more
One day, long before the troubles, he slipped away without saying a word to anyone and never went back. And then another day, forty three years later, he collapsed just inside the front door of his house in a small English town. It was late in the day when it happened, on his way home after work, but it was also late in the day altogether. He had left things for too long and there was no one to blame for it but himself. Abbas has never told anyone about his past - before he was a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408821855
SKU
V9781408821855
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About Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 in Zanzibar and teaches at the University of Kent. He is the author of seven novels which include Paradise (shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prizes), By the Sea (longlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the RFI Temoin du monde prize) and Desertion (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize).
Reviews for The Last Gift: A Novel
`Gurnah is a master storyteller ... A subtle and moving tale of a family coming to terms with itself: one to read at leisure and absorb at length'
Aminatta Forna, Financial Times
`Gurnah writes with wonderful insight about family relationships and he folds in the layers of history with elegance and warmth'
The Times
`A well-made ... Read more
Aminatta Forna, Financial Times
`Gurnah writes with wonderful insight about family relationships and he folds in the layers of history with elegance and warmth'
The Times
`A well-made ... Read more