The last gift a novel

"Abbas has never told anyone about his past--before he was a sailor on the high seas, before he met his wife Maryam outside a Boots in Exeter, before they settled into a quiet life in Norwich with their children, Jamal and Hanna. Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a collapse that renders him...

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Main Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Edition:First U.S. ed.
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Summary:"Abbas has never told anyone about his past--before he was a sailor on the high seas, before he met his wife Maryam outside a Boots in Exeter, before they settled into a quiet life in Norwich with their children, Jamal and Hanna. Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a collapse that renders him bedbound and unable to speak about things he thought he would one day have to."--
Physical Description:279 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781620403280
1620403285
9781639730001
1639730001
Author Notes:Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 in Zanzibar and lives in England, where he teaches at the University of Kent. He is the author of seven novels, which include Paradise , shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prizes; By the Sea , longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Desertion , shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize.