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Abdulrazak Gurnah’s new book explores many of the same themes as 1994’s ‘Paradise’. Getty
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s new book explores many of the same themes as 1994’s ‘Paradise’. Getty
Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah's 'Afterlives' explores the traumatic events of war and colonialism
'Colonialism obviously transformed everything, and in that process you can find good aspects,' says Gurnah