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020			_a9781526653482
100			_aAbdulrazak Gurnah _9141
245		0	_aMemory of Departure / _cAbdulrazak Gurnah
260			_bBloomsbury Publishing; _c2021
300			_a200p; _c20x13cm
520			_aVehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is a "compelling" (New York Times) and unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life. Hassan Omar is a gifted young man, with a potentially bright future but a past marred by poverty. In the wake of a national uprising, and with a new government in place, though, he is denied a scholarship to a university abroad and deprived of the opportunity to study further. Instead, Hassan travels to Nairobi to stay with a wealthy uncle, in the hope that he will release his mother's rightful share of the family inheritance. In Nairobi, Hassan experiences the collision of past secrets and future hopes, and the compounding of fear and frustration, beauty and brutality. In his debut novel, Nobel Prize winning author Abdurlazak Gurnah creates a fierce tale of undeniable power.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aPN3311-3503 Literature (General)- Prose. Prose FictionDisplacement _9142
942			_cBK
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