The latest addition to my website is Abdulrazak Gurnah‘s Afterlives. The novel tells the story of the country that will become Tanzania from the beginning of the 20th century (when it was under German control) to independence in 1961. The focus, however, is on the story of a few individuals when the country was under … Read more
Well, nobody expected that! I am glad to say that I have read three of Abdulrazak Gurnah‘s work and enjoyed it. It was, of course, about time an African won it though everyone expected it would be Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and not Gurnah. Anyway, congratulations to Abdulrazak Gurnah and to the Nobel Prize Committee for … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Jordi Puntí‘s Maletes perdudes (Lost Luggage). It tells the story of four half-brothers, each from a different country, who were unaware of each other’s existence and who come together in Barcelona to learn more about their lost father and one another. We follow the story of their father, … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Abdulrazak Gurnah‘s Gravel Heart. Salim is a Tanzanian, living in Zanzibar. He lives with his parents but, when he is seven, his father moves out and lives in a small room. He also leaves his job at the water company and works at a market stall. Salim naturally … Read more