Gravel Heart

Gravel Heart
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9781526656087
ISBN-13 : 1526656086
Rating : 4/5 (086 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Gravel Heart by : Abdulrazak Gurnah

Download or read book Gravel Heart written by Abdulrazak Gurnah and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 'The elegance and control of Gurnah's writing, and his understanding of how quietly and slowly and repeatedly a heart can break, make this a deeply rewarding novel' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian For seven-year-old Salim, the pillars upholding his small universe – his indifferent father, his adored uncle, his treasured books, the daily routines of government school and Koran lessons – seem unshakeable. But it is the 1970s, and the winds of change are blowing through Zanzibar: suddenly Salim's father is gone, and the island convulses with violence and corruption the wake of a revolution. It will only be years later, making his way through an alien and hostile London, that Salim will begin to understand the shame and exploitation festering at the heart of his family's history. 'Riveting ... The measured elegance of Gurnah's prose renders his protagonist in a manner almost uncannily real' New York Times 'Glittering ... Each work is different from the last, yet they build into a powerfully evocative oeuvre that keeps coming back to the same questions, in spare, graceful prose, about the ties that bind and the ties that fray' Telegraph 'A colourful tale of life in a Zanzibar village, where passions and politics reshape a family... Powerful' Mail on Sunday


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