by Abdulrazak Gurnah · SALAMANDRA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418968136
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In 'The Desertor', Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, presents a moving story that explores the consequences of a forbidden love affair across generations and continents. The novel unfolds from the British Empire to African independence, intertwining cultures and destinies in a rich and evocative narrative. One morning in 1899, Martin Pearce, an Englishman, arrives in a coastal town in East Africa and falls in love with Rehana, triggering a love story that will resonate across three generations, from colonial Africa to 1960s London. This literary masterpiece examines the power of love, the scars of the past, and the redemptive capacity of literature.
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include Paradise (1994), which was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prize; By the Sea (2001), which was longlisted for the Booker and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Desertion (2005), shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
