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Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include Paradise (1994), which was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prize; Desertion (2005); and By the Sea (2001), which was longlisted for the Booker and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Books

Afterlives
Afterlives
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Paradise
Paradise
Abdulrazak Gurnah
By the Sea
By the Sea
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Gravel Heart
Gravel Heart
Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Last Gift
The Last Gift
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Afterlives
Afterlives
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Sessizlige Hayranlik
Sessizlige Hayranlik
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Admiring Silence
Admiring Silence
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Refugee Tales
Refugee Tales
Ali Smith, Marina Lewycka, Inua Ellams, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chris Cleave, David Herd, Patience Agbabi, Stephen Collis, Carol Watts, Dragan Todorovic, Jade Amoli-Jackson, Avaes Mohammed, Hubert Moore, Michael Zand
Memory of Departure
Memory of Departure
Abdulrazak Gurnah
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Theft
Theft
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Kumdan Yürek
Kumdan Yürek
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Desertion
Desertion
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Pilgrims Way
Pilgrims Way
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Desertion
Desertion
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Paraíso
Paraíso
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Bossy
Bossy
Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Last Gift
The Last Gift
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Dottie
Dottie
Abdulrazak Gurnah

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