Paradise
Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, 12-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into the complexities of precolonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf's eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence.
| Main Author: | Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
New Press,
1995.
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| Summary: |
Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, 12-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into the complexities of precolonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf's eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. |
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| Physical Description: |
246 pages |
| ISBN: |
9781565841635 1565841638 |
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