Abdulrazak Gurnah - Afterlives

Published September 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT

Abdulrazak Gurnah attained a new level of global prominence last year when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Gurnah’s new novel “Afterlives” spotlights the devastating German colonial rule of early 20th century East Africa and its aftermath.

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