Desertion by Abdulrazak Gurnah
By Abdulrazak GurnahIn 1899, an Englishman named Martin Pearce stumbles out of the desert into an East African coastal town and is rescued by Hassanali, a shopkeeper whose beautiful sister Rehana nurses Pearce back to health. Pearce and Rehana begin a passionate illicit love affair, which resonates fifty years later when the narrator’s brother falls madly in love with Rehana’s granddaughter. In the story of two forbidden love affairs and their effects on the lovers’ families, Abdulrazak Gurnah brilliantly dramatizes the personal and political consequences of colonialism, the vicissitudes of love, and the power of fiction.
Book details
- Paperback
- 262 pages
- English
- 1400095409
- 9781400095407
About Abdulrazak Gurnah
abdulrazak gurnah was born in 1948 in zanzibar and lives in england, where he teaches at the university of kent. he is the author of seven novels, which in Read More about Abdulrazak Gurnah
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