Gravel heart
Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-2018
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Moving from revolutionary Zanzibar in the 1960s to restless London in the 1990s, 'Gravel Heart' is a powerful story of exile, migration and betrayal, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of 'Paradise Salim' has always believed 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: longed-for independence from British colonialism swiftly followed by bloody revolution.
Main title:
Gravel heart / Abdulrazak Gurnah.
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2018.
Collation:
1 volume ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781408881309 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
2615537
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