Memories of Departure and other Stories in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Writings
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2023
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Press Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco
Abstract
Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian born in Zanzibar
in 1948 is a renowned and reputed writer. The
Nobel laureate for literature in 2021 is a prolific
writer who holds ten novels published till
date, to his credit: Memory of Departure (1987),
Pilgrim’s Way (1988), Dottie (1990), Paradise
(1994), Admiring Silence (1996), By the Sea (2001),
Desertion (2005), The Last Gift (2011), Gravel Heart
(2017) and Afterlives (2020). As an academic,
Gurnah is a professor of English and Postcolonial
literature at Kent University. He is metaphorically
referred to as a sea turtle because sea turtles are
renowned for their ability to return to the same
nesting grounds where they were born, even
after migrating thousands of miles
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This a review on an author and his books (Abdulrazal Gurnah)
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Ibiam Harmony Ezinne. « Book Review: Memories of Departure and Other Stories in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Writings» Afrique en Mouvement. Press Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco, 7(2023): 82-83.