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Memory of Departure is a novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah, first published in 1987 by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom. It is Gurnah's first novel. It follows a Muslim man in an unnamed African country who seeks to be educated abroad.
“Memory of Departure” is a very good debut novel authored by Abdulrazak Gurnah, an eventual Nobel Prize recipient. The novel is of medium length. The setting is in Africa.
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Bloomsbury USA, Mar 8, 2022 - Fiction - 208 pages. **By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is a "compelling" (New York...
Jan 1, 1988 · Memory of Departure: Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. Hardcover – January 1, 1988. [Memory of Departure, 1987-8, GURNAH] This haunting coming-of-age novel evokes in spare but vivid prose the exotic sights, sounds and landscapes of coastal East Africa and the spiritual rebirth of a sensitive 15-year-old.
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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.
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Dec 23, 2021 · 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...
Dec 15, 2016 · 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.
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