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Abdulrazak Gurnah was born on 20 December 1948 [5] in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. [6] He left the island, which later became part of Tanzania, at the age of 18 following the overthrow of the ruling Arab elite in the Zanzibar Revolution, [3] [1] arriving in England in 1968 as a refugee.
Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Razzaq, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Razzaq. Alternative renderings include ‘Abd ar-Razzaq, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Razaq, Abdul Razzak and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to:
Memory of Departure is a novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah, first published in 1987 by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom. [1] It is Gurnah's first novel. It follows a Muslim man in an unnamed African country who seeks to be educated abroad. [2] In a review for The New York Times, Richard E. Nicholls praised the novel as "fierce" and "vivid". [2]
Afterlives is a 2020 work of historical fiction by the Nobel Prize-winning Zanjibar-born British author Abdulrazak Gurnah.It was first published by Bloomsbury Publishing on 17 September 2020. [1]
Gravel Heart is a 2017 novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah.It is Gurnah's ninth novel and was first published by Bloomsbury Publishing on 1 August 2017. [1] [2] The story is set in the late 20th century and follows Salim, who moves from Zanzibar to the United Kingdom, as he reflects on his parents' separation. [3]
In Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Debbie Jacob writes: "Pilgrim’s Way demonstrates Gurnah’s remarkable restraint in presenting his characters’ stories. He is a master of that old piece of writing advice, 'Show, don’t tell.' Gurnah shows his characters’ complex lives and feelings without telling the reader what to feel or think.
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By the Sea is a novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah. It was first published in the United States by The New Press on 11 June 2001 [1] and in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing in May 2001. [2] It is Gurnah's sixth novel. [3] By the Sea was longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. [4]