{"product_id":"paradise-abdulrazak-gurnah-9781565841635","title":"Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize winner, a coming-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Gurnah's novels] recoil from stereotypical descriptions and open our gaze to a culturally diversified East Africa unfamiliar to many in other parts of the world.\" --Nobel Committee for Literature at the Swedish Academy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, \u003cem\u003eParadise\u003c\/em\u003e was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnah's \"breakthrough\" work. It is at once the chronicle of an African boy's coming-of-age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into complexities of pre-colonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf's eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is what \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e calls a \"vibrant\" and \"powerful\" work that \"evokes the Edenic natural beauty of a continent on the verge of full-scale imperialist takeover.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdulrazak Gurnah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565841638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565841635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Abdulrazak Gurnah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054165127423,"sku":"9781565841635","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b86685e3-d2c1-46a0-b6a4-f5c05faf8f5c.jpg?v=1685028312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paradise-abdulrazak-gurnah-9781565841635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}