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MEMORY OF DEPARTURE - ABDULRAZAK GURNAH KARTONI...

The debut novel by the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature    Vehement  comic and
shrewd  Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal
life   Poverty and depravity wreak havoc on Hassan Omar's family. Amid great hardship he
decides to escape.   The arrival of independence brings new upheavals as well as the betrayal
of the promise of freedom. The new government  fearful of an exodus of its most able men 
discourages young people from travelling abroad and refuses to release examination results.
Deprived of a scholarship  Hassan travels to Nairobi to stay with a wealthy uncle  in the hope
that he will release his mother's rightful share of the family inheritance.   The collision of
past secrets and future hopes  the compound of fear and frustration  beauty and brutality 
create a fierce tale of undeniable power.  ____________________   'Gurnah is a master
storyteller' FINANCIAL TIMES    'Exile has given Gurnah a perspective on the "balance between
things" that is astonishing  superb' OBSERVER    'A captivating storyteller' GUARDIAN   
'Gurnah etches with biting incisiveness the experiences of immigrants exposed to contempt 
hostility or patronising indifference on their arrival in Britain' SPECTATOR

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