by Abdulrazak Gurnah · SALAMANDRA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418968099
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«Paraíso» is the coming-of-age novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Prize in Literature 2021, published by Salamandra in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
Yusuf, a twelve-year-old boy, thinks he will spend some time with his uncle Aziz, but his father has handed him over to the merchant to settle a debt. With Aziz's caravan he crosses East Africa on the eve of the First World War, amid dazzling and hostile nature and the first effects of colonization. A coming-of-age story.
«Paraíso» was originally published in 1994 as Paradise; it was nominated for the Booker and Whitbread prizes. Translation by Sofía Noguera Mendía. Salamandra Narrativa collection.
For readers of historical and literary fiction, ages 16 and up.
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include Paradise (1994), which was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prize; By the Sea (2001), which was longlisted for the Booker and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Desertion (2005), shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
