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A masterwork by the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, in which the consequences of an illicit love affair reverberate from the heyday of the British empire to the aftermath of African independence

A masterwork by the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, in which the consequences of an illicit love affair reverberate from the heyday of the British empire to the aftermath of African independence

Writing at the peak of his powers, Abdulrazak Gurnah gives us in Desertion a spellbinding novel of forbidden love and cultural upheaval, with consequences powerfully reverberating through three generations and across continents--from the heyday of the British empire to the aftermath... Read Full Overview

Obra maestra del premio Nobel de Literatura en la que las consecuencias de una relaci n amorosa prohibida resuenan desde el Imperio brit nico hasta la independencia africana

Una ma ana de 1899, Martin Pearce, un escritor, viajero y orientalista ingl s, exhausto... Read Full Overview