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.

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Main Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Press, 1995.
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