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Paradise

von Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction History

ISBN

0747573999

Verlag

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

Erschienen

01.01.1970

Dieses Buch ist aktuell ausleihbar.

Komme während der Öffnungszeiten vorbei und leihe ein verfügbares Exemplar aus.

Stichwörter

Historical Fiction Coming of Age Colonialism East Africa African Literature Cultural Heritage Mythology Dreams Biblical Tradition Koranic Tradition Family Debt Merchant Life 20th Century Young Protagonist Identity Power Dynamics Social Commentary Literary Fiction Bildungsroman Cultural Conflict Historical Context African History Political Intrigue Social Issues Adolescence Tradition vs. Change

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Born in East Africa, Yusuf has few qualms about the journey he is to make. It never occurs to him to ask why he is accompanying Uncle Aziz or why the trip has been organised so suddenly, and he does not think to ask when he will be returning. But the truth is that his 'uncle' is a rich and powerful merchant and Yusuf has been pawned to him to pay his father's debts. Paradise is a rich tapestry of myth, dreams and Biblical and Koranic tradition, the story of a young boy's coming of age against the backdrop of an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.