: A young man sold into the colonial army who returns home scarred, with nothing but the clothes on his back, searching for peace and falling in love with Afiya.
According to reviewers from the Washington Post , the novel serves as a "breathtaking mosaic" that gathers the fragments of broken lives. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. La vida, después
(the Spanish translation of Afterlives ) by 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Abdulrazak Gurnah is a multi-generational saga set against the backdrop of German colonial rule in East Africa in the early 20th century. The novel follows three young people whose lives are inextricably linked by war, loss, and the search for belonging:
: Stolen from his parents by German colonial troops as a child, he returns home years later after fighting against his own people to find his family gone and his sister, Afiya, abandoned.
: Ilyas's sister, who survives a difficult upbringing and whose fate becomes entwined with Hamza's. Core Themes and Style
: A young man sold into the colonial army who returns home scarred, with nothing but the clothes on his back, searching for peace and falling in love with Afiya.
According to reviewers from the Washington Post , the novel serves as a "breathtaking mosaic" that gathers the fragments of broken lives. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. La vida, después La Vida, Despues Abdulrazak Gurnah rar
(the Spanish translation of Afterlives ) by 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Abdulrazak Gurnah is a multi-generational saga set against the backdrop of German colonial rule in East Africa in the early 20th century. The novel follows three young people whose lives are inextricably linked by war, loss, and the search for belonging: : A young man sold into the colonial
: Stolen from his parents by German colonial troops as a child, he returns home years later after fighting against his own people to find his family gone and his sister, Afiya, abandoned. La vida, después (the Spanish translation of Afterlives
: Ilyas's sister, who survives a difficult upbringing and whose fate becomes entwined with Hamza's. Core Themes and Style