Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Memory of Departure

Abdulrazak Gurnah

159 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced
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This haunting coming-of-age novel evokes in spare but vivid prose the exotic sights, sounds and landscapes of coastal East Africa and the spiritual rebirth of a sensitive 15-year-old. Living with his family in a poverty-stricken seaport village, t...

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