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By The Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Literature

by Abdulrazak Gurnah
language: english
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC, March of 2026 ‧
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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**
**A Time Book of the Year 2025**
‘A poignant portrait of love, friendship and betrayal’ Guardian
‘Storytelling mastery’ Observer

Badar’s story truly begins on the day when, aged fifteen, he is brought to Mistress’s great house in Dar es Salaam - where he proves a quick learner, and gains the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house.

But then a false accusation sees Badar banished from the place he has come to call home. Exiled, to a run-down hotel on the coast of Zanzibar, Badar must build a new life for himself. And when Karim comes to see his old friend in his new life, he is captivated by temptations that will test the two young men’s friendship to a breaking point.

**Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Awards 2026: Fiction With A Sense of Place**

Theft

By The Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Literature

by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Property Description
ISBN: 9781526680143
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Release Date: March of 2026
Language: English
Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 14 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 256
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Romance
EAN: 9781526680143

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Abdulrazak Gurnah

PRÉMIO NOBEL DA LITERATURA 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah nasceu em 1948 em Zanzibar. Na década de 1960, abandonou o seu país, então a braços com uma revolução, e rumou ao Reino Unido. Foi professor de Literatura Inglesa na Universidade de Kent em Canterbury, onde vive atualmente. A sua obra versa sobre a experiência africana, o colonialismo e o refugiado, e nela se destacam os romances Paraíso (1994), finalista do Booker Prize e do Whitbread Award; Junto ao Mar (2001), nomeado para o Booker Prize e finalista do Los Angeles Times Book Award; O Desertor (2005), finalista do Commonwealth Writers' Prize; e Vidas Seguintes (2020), finalista do Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2021 e nomeado para o Walter Scott Prize 2021, todos eles publicados pela Cavalo de Ferro. Gurnah recebeu o Prémio Nobel de Literatura 2021 «pela forma determinada e humana com que aborda e aprofunda as consequências do colonialismo e o destino do refugiado no fosso entre culturas e continentes». Gente da Casa (2025) é o seu mais recente romance.

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