Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradise is at once a story of a young boy's coming of age, the story of a continent on the verge of corruption by European colonialism, the story of African Islam meeting the rich pantheism of interior Africa, and a tragic love story. Paradise is a page-turning saga that covers the same territory as the novels of Isak Denisen and William Boyd, but from a perspective never before available.

Paradise

Muhamad Omarji

Born in East Africa, Yusuf has few qualms about the journey he is to make. It never occurs to him to ask why he is accompanying Uncle Aziz or why the trip has been organised so suddenly, and he does not think to ask when he will be returning. But the truth is that his 'uncle' is a rich and powerful merchant and Yusuf has been pawned to him to pay his father's debts. Paradise is a rich tapestry of myth, dreams and Biblical and Koranic tradition, the story of a young boy's coming of age against the backdrop of an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.

Reiza H

Somehow I got confused by the ending tapi setelah baca-baca beberapa tafsiran, ku jadi paham. Ironis juga ya.

Samuel Linde

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Kevin. j Mercil 

Story of Yusuf, pawned to pay his father's debts, as well as a tragic love story, it is about coming of age and the corruption of traditional African patterns by white colonialism.

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