Paradise.

Gurnah, Abdulrazak

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1994

About this Item

First edition of the work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small ownership name to the front free endpaper. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, Paradise was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnahâ s â breakthroughâ work. It is at once the chronicle of an African boyâ s coming-of-age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism. Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into complexities of pre-colonial urban East Africa. Through Yusufâ s eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is what Publishers Weekly calls a â vibrantâ and â powerfulâ work that â evokes the Edenic natural beauty of a continent on the verge of full-scale imperialist takeover.â . Seller Inventory # 129499

Bibliographic Details

Title: Paradise.

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition