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By the Sea
By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
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By the Sea
Staggering novel of displacement and loss from the critically acclaimed author
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002, By the Sea is Gurnah's masterpiece.For fans of Kazuo Ishiguro, J.M. Coetzee, David Malouf and Michael Ondaatje
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On a late November afternoon, Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, an island in the Indian Ocean. With him, he has a small bag in which there 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 is 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, of seduction and of possession, and of a people trying to find stability amidst the maelstrom of their times.
By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah weaves these elements into a poignant narrative, exploring themes of loss, belonging, and identity.
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By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah is characterised by its enchanting narrative that deeply engages readers, creating a captivating experience akin to a love affair. The story's delicate prose appears to hold a magical quality that commands an immersive, almost breathless attention from its audience.
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ISBN: 9780747557852
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 July 2002
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 186g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author of ten novels: Memory of Departure, Pilgrims Way, Dottie, Paradise (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), Admiring Silence, By the Sea (longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award), Desertion (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize) The Last Gift, Gravel Heart, and Afterlives, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021 and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. He was Professor of English at the University of Kent, and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.
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