Ebook {Epub PDF} Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

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 /5(41). Paradise: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature by Abdulrazak Gurnah.  · Paradise, published in , was written by Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah. Set in East Africa in the early s, this wonderfully written tale follows Yusuf, a young boy who is taken from his parents to work for 'Uncle Aziz'.Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Paradise is a historical novel by UK Zanzibar-born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, first published in by Hamish Hamilton in London. The novel was nominated for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction. Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in in Zanzibar and teaches at the University of Kent. He is the author of the novels Memory of Departure, Pilgrims Way, Dottie, Paradise, Admiring Silence and By the Sea. His fourth novel, Paradise () was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prizes. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

Paradise is the story of an adolescent boy, Yusuf, in early 20th century Tanzania. Yusuf's parents sell him to a merchant to satisfy a debt, and he spends the rest of the book working in the merchant's shop and accompanying him on a trading expedition to the interior. Paradise is a historical novel by UK Zanzibar-born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, first published in by Hamish Hamilton in London. The novel was nominated for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction. Paradise, published in , was written by Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah. Set in East Africa in the early s, this wonderfully written tale follows Yusuf, a young boy who is taken from his parents to work for 'Uncle Aziz'.