{"product_id":"paradise-abdulrazak-gurnah","title":"Paradise (Abdulrazak Gurnah)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC RADIO 4 Book at Bedtime \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________________\u003cbr\u003e'A poetic and vividly conjured book about Africa and the brooding power of the unknown' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gurnah evokes his world in poetic prose which is pure and lucid - a small paradise in itself ... The pleasures, sadnesses and losses in all the shining facets of this book are lingering and exquisite' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An obliterated world is enthrallingly retrieved' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in East Africa, Yusuf has few qualms about the journey he is to make. It never occurs to him to ask why he is accompanying Uncle Aziz or why the trip has been organised so suddenly, and he does not think to ask when he will be returning. But the truth is that his 'uncle' is a rich and powerful merchant and Yusuf has been pawned to him to pay his father's debts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich tapestry of myth, dreams and Biblical and Koranic tradition, the story of a young boy's coming of age against the backdrop of an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.\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, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65904472752477,"sku":"K051287256","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5128725600001A.jpg?v=1789231303","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/paradise-abdulrazak-gurnah","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}