By the Sea - By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
| Auflage | 2002 |
| Seiten | 256 |
| Format | 17,4 x 1,8 x 19,8 cm |
| Gewicht | 186 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780747557852 |
| Bestell-Nr | 74755785EA |
A staggering novel of displacement and loss from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
Staggering novel of displacement and loss from the critically acclaimed author
Klappentext:
By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in LiteratureLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE'One scarcely dares breathe while reading it for fear of breaking the enchantment' The Times'Gurnah is a master storyteller' Financial TimesOn a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father. Now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protection. Meanwhile Latif Mahmud, someone intimately connected with Saleh's past, lives quietly alone in his London flat. When Saleh and Latif meet in an English seaside town, a story is unravelled. It is a story of love and betrayal, seduction and possession, and of a people desperately trying to find stability amidst the maelstrom of their times.
Rezension:
Rarely in a lifetime can you open a book and find that reading it encapsulates the enchanting qualities of a love affair ... one scarcely dares breathe while reading it for fear of breaking the enchantment The Times