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From the pen of the author who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2002 BOOKER PRIZE 'One doesn't even dare to breathe while reading for fear of breaking the spell' The Times reported that on an afternoon in late November, Saleh Omar arrived at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a remote island in the Indian Ocean
Next to him is a small bag in which there is a mahogany box with his most valuable asset, incense
She used to have a furniture store, a house, a husband and a father
Now he is an asylum seeker from heaven; Its only protection is silence
Meanwhile, Latif Mahmoud, someone closely linked to Saleh's past, lives quietly alone in his London apartment
When Saleh and Latif meet in an English seaside town, a story unravels
It's a story of love and betrayal, seduction and possession, and a people desperately trying to find stability in the maelstrom of their time
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Paperback
256 sheets H198mm x W129mm
Publication Language: English
