Gurnah, Abdulrazak

Desertion

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ISBN 13:: 9780747578956
author:: Gurnah, Abdulrazak
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2006
Pages:: 272
Dimensions:: 129mm X 198mm
Genre:: Modern fiction
Condition:: New
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A young man collapses in the desert and is taken to recuperate at a colonial official's house. There, he meets Martin Pearce, a writer and traveller who becomes fascinated by his sister Rehana. Their meeting sets off a passionate love affair that spans generations and continents. In this crumbling town on the edge of civilised life, two cultures come together in a forbidden love affair. The consequences of their relationship reverberate through time, reaching Zanzibar in the early 1950s, where another forbidden love begins to unfold as the country struggles with its legacy of slavery and foreign rule. As the story unfolds, the complexities of colonialism and the power of love are revealed in a narrative that spans three generations and two continents.

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