Gravel Heart: By the Winner of the 202- 163973001X, Abdulrazak Gurnah, paperback
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- ISBN
- 9781639730018
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
163973001X
ISBN-13
9781639730018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28057267226
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gravel Heart : by the Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Literary, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
6.7 Oz
Item Length
2.6 in
Item Width
11 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"The measured elegance of Gurnah's prose renders his protagonist in a manner almost uncannily real . . . Gurnah's portrayal of student immigrant life in Britain is pleasingly deliberate and precise, and also riveting . . . Even the minor characters in this novel have richly imagined histories that inflect their smallest interactions--one of the loveliest pleasures of this book, and a choice that makes its world exceptionally full." -- New York Times Book Review "The elegance and control of Gurnah's writing, and his understanding of how quietly and slowly and repeatedly a heart can break, make this a deeply rewarding novel." -- The Guardian "What sets Gravel Heart apart from the many other books on the immigrant experience are Gurnah's deeper themes . . . Gravel Heart is much more than the story of a boy trying to uncover his family's secret. Ultimately, it's a story about trying find one's place in the world--and that's something we can all to relate to." -- Washington Independent Review of Books
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Synopsis
From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a powerful story of exile, migration, and betrayal. Salim has always known that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of secrets, he is a bookish child, a dreamer haunted by night terrors. It is the 1970s and Zanzibar is changing. Tourists arrive, the island's white sands obscuring the memory of recent conflict--the longed-for independence from British colonialism swiftly followed by bloody revolution. When his father moves out, retreating into disheveled introspection, Salim is confused and ashamed. His mother does not discuss the change, nor does she explain her absences with a strange man; silence is layered on silence. When glamorous Uncle Amir, now a senior diplomat, offers Salim an escape, the lonely teenager travels to London for college. But nothing has prepared him for the biting cold and seething crowds of this hostile city. Struggling to find a foothold, and to understand the darkness at the heart of his family, he must face devastating truths about those closest to him--and about love, sex, and power. Evoking the immigrant experience with unsentimental precision and profound understanding, Gravel Heart is a powerfully affecting story of isolation, identity, belonging, and betrayal, and Abdulrazak Gurnah's most astonishing achievement., From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a powerful story of exile, migration, and betrayal.
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