Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Descripción
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."
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 256 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | New Press |
Fecha de Publicación | 1995-05-01 |
Dimensiones | 8.3" x 5.4" x 0.7" pulgadas |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | No |
Temas | Llegada de la Edad, Africano, África del Este |
Acerca del Autor
Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the author of ten novels, including Paradise (The New Press), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award. He lives in Canterbury, England.Descripción
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."
Detalles
Formato | Tapa dura |
Número de Páginas | 256 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | New Press |
Fecha de Publicación | 1994-04-01 |
Dimensiones | 8.5" x 5.6" x 1.2" pulgadas |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | No |
Temas | Llegada de la Edad, Africano, Afroamericano, África del Este |
Acerca del Autor
Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the author of ten novels, including Paradise (The New Press), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award. He lives in Canterbury, England.Garantía & Otros
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Peso: | 0.295 kg |
SKU: | 9781565841635 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 12/09/24 |
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