{"product_id":"afterlives-abdulrazak-gurnah","title":"Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE WINNER OF THE 2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riveting and heartbreaking ... A compelling novel, one that gathers close all those who were meant to be forgotten, and refuses their erasure'\u003c\/b\u003e Maaza Mengiste, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant and important book for our times, by a wondrous writer' \u003c\/b\u003ePhilippe Sands, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile he was still a little boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the German colonial troops. After years away, fighting in a war against his own people, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother young man returns at the same time. Hamza was not stolen for the war, but sold into it; he has grown up at the right hand of an officer whose protection has marked him life. With nothing but the clothes on his back, he seeks only work and security - and the love of the beautiful Afiya. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs fate knots these young people together, as they live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war on another continent lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry them away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the world's most prominent postcolonial writers . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe has consistently and with great compassion penetrated the effects of colonialism in East Africa and its effects on the lives of uprooted and migrating individuals' \u003c\/b\u003eAnders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In book after book, he guides us through seismic historic moments and devastating societal ruptures while gently outlining what it is that keeps those families, friendships and loving spaces intact, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eif not fully whole' \u003c\/b\u003eMaaza Mengiste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rarely in a lifetime can you open a book and find that reading it encapsulates the enchanting qualities of a love affair ... One scarcely dares breathe while reading it for fear of breaking the enchantment'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah \u003c\/b\u003eis the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author   of ten novels: \u003ci\u003eMemory of Departure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePilgrims Way\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDottie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted   for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), \u003ci\u003eAdmiring Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBy   the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the\u003ci\u003e Los   Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Award), \u003ci\u003eDesertion \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted   for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize) \u003ci\u003eThe Last Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGravel Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfterlives\u003c\/i\u003e, which was   shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021 and longlisted for the   Walter Scott Prize. He was Professor of English at the University of   Kent, and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65880095392093,"sku":"K090482692","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9048269200001A.jpg?v=1789007468","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/afterlives-abdulrazak-gurnah","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}