Desertion : a novel
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
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336 pages ; 23 cm
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION GURNAH 2023
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FICTION GURNAH 2023
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION GURNAH 2023
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FICTION GURNAH 2023
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
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Book
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English
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An 1899 love affair between Orientalist Martin Pearce and Rehana, the sister of the man who rescued him from an African desert, has implications in 1950s Zanzibar as Rehana's granddaughter is caught up in another forbidden affair.
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A masterwork by the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, in which the consequences of an illicit love affair reverberate from the heyday of the British empire to the aftermath of African independence Early one morning in 1899, an Englishman named Martin Pearce stumbles out of the desert into an East African coastal town and collapses at the feet of Hassanali, a local shopkeeper. When Hassanali’s sister, the beautiful and disillusioned Rehana, nurses Pearce back to health, a love affair sparks, with consequences that will ripple decades into the future, when another clandestine affair bursts into flame, with equally unforeseen and dramatic consequences. In this devastating and ingeniously spun tale, the Nobelist Abdulrazak Gurnah brilliantly dramatizes the personal and political legacies of colonialism.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gurnah, A. (2023). Desertion: a novel . Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gurnah, Abdulrazak. 2023. Desertion: A Novel. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Desertion: A Novel Riverhead Books, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Desertion: A Novel Riverhead Books, 2023.
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