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Der Literaturnobelpreisträger von 2021, ungekürzt gelesen von Pierre Sanoussi-BlissSansibar, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Der zwölfjährige Yusuf lebt mit seiner Familie im ländlichen Ostafrika. Als der Vater sich verschuldet, wird der Junge an einen Gläubiger verkauft, an »Onkel Aziz«. Von einem Tag auf den anderen landet er in der Stadt, zwischen afrikanischen Muslimen, christlichen Missionaren und Indern vom Subkontinent. Schon bald muss Yusuf...

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Entdecken Sie eine weitere Facette des vielschichtigen Werks von Nobelpreisträger Abdulrazak Gurnah: Die verschlungene Lebens- und Fluchtgeschichte zweier Menschen aus Sansibar - ergreifend, zeitlos und so wahrhaftig wie das Leben selbst Es ist ein später Novembernachmittag, als Saleh Omar auf dem Flughafen Gatwick landet. In einer kleinen Tasche, dem einzigen Gepäck, das der Mann aus Sansibar bei sich trägt, liegt sein wertvollster Besitz:...

From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of east Africa.When he was just a boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents on the coast of east Africa by German colonial troops. After years away, fighting against his own people, he returns home to find his parents gone and his sister, Afiya, abandoned into de facto slavery. Hamza too, ...

From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, an astounding meditation on family, self and the meaning of home.Abbas has never told anyone about his past-before he was a sailor on the high seas, before he met his wife Maryam outside a drugstore in Exeter, before they settled into a quiet life with their children, Jamal and Hanna. Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a collapse that renders him unable to speak about things he tho...

**By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is a "compelling" (New York Times) and unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life.Hassan Omar is a gifted young man, with a potentially bright future but a past marred by poverty. In the wake of a national uprising, and with a new government in place, though, he is denied a scholarship to a university abroad and deprive...

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By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature A searing tale of a young woman re-discovering her troubled family history and finding herself in the process.In post-World War II England, 17-year-old Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour knows nothing of her family origins, and little of their history - or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain. But Dottie knows what her family means to her, and in the wake of her mothe...

Endlich wieder in deutscher Übersetzung lieferbar: das Buch, mit dem Abdulrazak Gurnah der Durchbruch gelangOstafrika, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Der zwölfjährige Yusuf führt mit seiner Familie ein einfaches Leben auf dem Land. Als der Vater sich mit seinem kleinen Hotel verschuldet, wird Yusuf in die Hände von Onkel Aziz gegeben und landet im lebhaften Treiben der Stadt, zwischen afrikanischen Muslimen, christlichen Missionaren und indischen ...

**By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**A "wonderful" (Maaza Mengiste) depiction of the life of an immigrant as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his past and the meaning of his life in England.Dear Catherine, he began. Here I sit, making a meal out of asking you to dinner. I don't really know how to do it. To have cultural integrity, I would have to send my aunt to speak, discreetly, to your aunt, who would then ...

**By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**A "corrosively funny and relentless" (The New York Times) tale of cultural identity and displacement, Admiring Silence is the story of a man's dual lives as a refugee from his native Zanzibar in England.The unnamed narrator of this dazzling novel escapes from Zanzibar to England knowing that he will probably never return. In his new country, things are not quite as he imagined - the school...

From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a powerful story of exile, migration, and betrayal.Salim has always known 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--the longed-for indepe...

Kumdan Yurek, 1960larin Zanzibarindan 1990larin Londrasina uzanan yurek parcalayici bir surgun, göc ve ihanet hikayesi. Anne-babasinin geleneksel Zanzibar toplumunda ayri olmalarina anlam veremeyen Salim, sir ve kabus dolu bu dunyadan amcasi Amirin yardimiyla uzaklasip Londraya yerlesir. Ama Londra, umdugu gibi bir cennet olmaktan cok uzaktir. Ingilterede yasadigi aci tecrubelerle olgunlasan Salim bir yandan da ailesinin buyuk ve karanlik sirr...

Deniz Kenarinda göc deneyiminin yol actigi kimlik karmasasi, aidiyet sorunu ve kültürel etkilesim üzerine sarsici bir roman. Ülkesinden sahte bir pasaportla kacip Ingiltereye siginma talebinde bulunan Salih Ömerin eski hayatiyla yeni hayati arasindaki esikte bir pasaport memuru durmaktadir. Bir mülteci olarak ayak bastigi yeni ülkede Ingilizce bildigini saklayarak görünmez olmayi secen ve bir tür pasif direnis sergileyen Salih Ömer zamanla hik...

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2021 'Riveting and heartbreaking ... A compelling novel, one that gathers close all those who were meant to be forgotten, and refuses their erasure' Maaza Mengiste, Guardian 'A brilliant and important book for our times, by a wondrous writer' Philippe Sands, New Statesman, Books of the Year While he was still a little boy, Ilyas was stolen from ...

Sessizlige Hayranlik, etnisite, irk, cinsiyet ve ulus meselelerini cokkatmanlibir anlatiyla ele alan bir basyapit.Sessizlige Hayranlikin sessiz ve isimsiz anlaticisi, üniversite ögrenimiicin geldigi Ingilterede yerlesip aile kurmasina karsin yillardir aidiyetsorunu yasamaktadir. Bu sorunu anavatani Zanzibara dönerekcözmeyi deneyen sessiz anlatici, anavataninda karsilastigi ruhsal vemanevi engellerle birlikte sorunun mekanla veya cografyayla si...

Growing up in 1970s Zanzibar in a house full of secrets, Salim has always known that his father does not want him. When his father moves out, retreating into dishevelled introspection, Salim is confused and ashamed. His mother does not explain her absences with a strange man, silence is layered on silence. When his adored Uncle Amir, now a senior diplomat, offers Salim an escape, he travels to London for college. Struggling to find a foothold ...